I'm dealing with a lot of stress right now. Money is always a constant stress but my landlord is selling the house I live in and I'm forced to move. Rental prices keep going up and I'm not sure I'll find a place I can afford. I've had an application to get into supportive housing for 2 years but they say it could still take until January, even though I'm losing my place to live at the end of August. My landlord is less than ideal and has several times scheduled viewings for the house where people come in to look without telling me first so I'm surprised by random people trooping through where I live. He has done other things, like turn off my air conditioning and neglect to replace things he has provided that are included in my rent.
All of this unknown, spontaneous interruption is putting me on the edge. It seems like my senses have been turned up so that noises bother me even more than usual, and interruptions and changes to routine are even more difficult to deal with.
I feel like I am constantly on the edge of meltdown and I am completely exhausted. I don't even know what to do. I can't even carve out some time and space to relax and pursue my interests and zone out of the world for a bit because prospective house buyers keep coming around.
My general life is already stressful, I act in theater and have a production opening in a week and a half, so tensions are running high there, too. Usually I can manage that because I keep the rest of my life relaxed and quiet and solitary, but right now that's impossible.
What do you do to deal with constant stress?
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synesthete, diagnosed with ASD April 4, 2012.
everybody's playing the game
but nobody's rules are the same
nobody's on nobody's side
11 Jul 2017, 5:26 pm
