Do small things stress you out?

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i dont get depression, but i do become easily stressed.

i get stressed when someone makes a mess in my bungalow. i yell at them ''oi, that doesnt go there!'' or, ''look, you are making a mess!''

i get stressed if something doesnt work. well, my husband does too. we had a massive argument last night all because the internet disconnected for no reason, and he was getting all stressed about it. he isnt generally a stressy person, but can be fiery sometimes. after all, he is a typical Aries.

i love my job as a bus driver, but i do get stressed if the bus breaks down. i pretend not to be, but how i succeed at that depends on what mood im in. once a passenger asked if i wanted to go to the pub with her while we were waiting for the mechanic to come, but i said no because i had to wait by the bus. although it was nice of her, i still prefer not to talk to people when im stressed. i was happier just pacing up and down the pavement next to the bus, smoking cigarette after cigarette until the mechanics came.

Yes... If I drop something, or if something isn't organized the way I like it, I get very frustrated.

I used to let little [stuff] get to me until I got a series of very visceral nightmares featuring me being trapped inside lavatories with the toilets flooding, or trapped in dingy little rooms with bugs crawling over me. those dreams were communicating to my waking consciousness in the punny style typical of dreams, that I should not let little [stuff] get to me.

yes I find that small things stress me out like someone putting their rubbish in my bin or if something happens and disrupts my routine like the water leakage at our units and not being able to have a shower all day until they fix it.
Or if the power goes out and still hasn't come back on all day. that can stress me out even though I know others are in the same position.

When a "small" thing happens to be pivotal to the success of a larger thing, or many other things - then yes, absolutely.

All the more so when others just don't get why it's important and make fun of my attachment to the successful outcome of the small thing.

I don't real have any regular routines that must always be a certain way, and I also don't really have an issue being spontaneous or spur of the moment. However, if something HAS been planned, or if I am expecting a certain thing ahead of time, I tend to "freak out" and get very stressed/anxious if that changes without notice.

For example, if I have been invited to a dinner or gathering and do not find out until I get there that there are more people coming than I was previously told. Or sometimes I will be talking with my sister about going to lunch or going to a movie and she makes a comment like "Yeah I am sure we will be able to do that early next week. I'll have to call you and let you know what day." So then next week comes along and I don't hear anything from her....I call her on Tuesday and she says that she thought about it but things came up and she didn't have the time. So she didn't call me like she said AND we are not going on the outing like she said. I know it shouldn't be a big deal cause we didn't actually make the plan for sure, and she isn't lying about the things that came up, but this sort of thing just really stresses me out.

The definition of "small" differs from person to person. I hate it when someone says "you are overreacting" etc. That pretty much means "I don't care about whatever happens to you". I don't get upset over small things but for me accidentally stepping on/touching something yucky is not a small thing.

Mmmm--- almost true!

Stepping in dog poo would put me over the edge. I would have to throw the shoes away. Little things like that can affect me much more deeply than the big OMG things because they are so personal and close to home.

I get anxious about things like ordering food, going inside of the bank or to the ATM, doing to the DMV, or getting gas. I sold my car recently but I really hated getting gas. Especially cause the spring on the door to the gas tank was broken so I had to give them my key everytime and explain that my spring was broken.

I do not like to be diverted from my planned activity...

Also last night I had to tell my neighbour to go home. He was drunk and wanted sex with me. He smelled like lager.

I find dealing with people stressful.

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