Twitter Thread Explains Why Your Mental State Feels Like A Nightmare Right Now

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Apr 26, 2020 8:00 PM EDT

These are incredibly strange times we're living in, and some of us are coping with being quarantined indefinitely better than others. This Twitter thread, written by Alexis Rockley, explains why you've been feeling rather off during this whole thing, but you just haven't been able to put your finger on why. We hope it'll shed a bit of insight into your own life. And always remember, it's important to be thankful for what you do have right now - trust us, it'll help.

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    Text - Alexis Rockley @alexisrockley Let me be clear (a thread): Those "all over the place" feelings you've been having? They are symptoms of stress, NOT personal failures of yours. Do you feel FLAKEY + INCONSISTENT? That's b/c your brain doesn't know what news to brace for next, or what next month will hold.
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    Text - Alexis Rockley @alexisroc... ·14 apr. Svarer @alexisrockley TIRED EASILY? That's because your brain is burning your energy 10x faster than usual. CAN'T SEEM TO FOCUS? That's b/c your brain has temporarily shut down some functionality in your prefrontal cortex- the part that juggles complex tasks + planning- due to the stress response. O 12 t7 1.116 5.506 Alexis Rockley @alexisroc.. · 14 apr. Feeling CREATIVELY BLOCKED? That's because your brain has temporarily diverted all its creativity
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    Text - Alexis Rockley @alexisroc... 14 apr. SUDDENLY DON'T GIVE AF about future-based goals, projects, or dreams like you used to? That's because your brain knows being short-sighted is a safer way to cope right now. 20 27 1.070 O 5.535 Alexis Rockley @alexisro... ·14 apr. Your plans, creativity, energy, focus + motivation are on a YO-YO right now, b/c your brain believes you need to be EXTREMELY ADAPTIVE. You will not be on this rollercoaster forever. Be patient with your brain. Sincerely, a po
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    Text - Jezi, Persisting & @Jezi_Belle · 6d Svarer @alexisrockley og @sisiam_ And of course for those of us with mental illnesses that already present with these symptoms, everything's just become an untenable shitshow. O 13 27 57 ♡ 1.287 Alexis Rockley @alexisrockley · 6d Exactly. From one untenable shitshow to another-I see you. May we be patient with our exhausted brains. 27 27 983 12 svar til
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    Text - Lilith @LuintaAke · 6d Svarer @alexisrockley og @marchimark And suddenly, a lot more people can understand what it means to feel like me, and millions of people like me, everyday. All of the "oh come on you're always tired" or "it's not a big deal" and "cant you just try harder" start to disappear when everyone has to deal with them. 27 51 675 Alexis Rockley @alexisrockley · 6d It's weird how we go unseen until someone else experiences even the most ~remote flicker of pain~ that looks or
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    Text - Michael Rousseau @Mike_a... · 6d ▼ Svarer @alexisrockley og @ClaireChaotic What if I felt like that before the quarantine? 27 3 89 Alexis Rockley @alexisrockley · 6d It could mean you've been experiencing prolonged stres...and you simply didn't know that those were *symptoms* and NOT personal failures. In this IGTV vid I cover the info in this thread AND 3 things you can do to help ur brain cope rt now: instagram.com/tv/ B--LIITBUDM/ 5 2] 25 267 3 svar til
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    Text - ding dong f*ckass @copingpoo... · 5d Svarer @alexisrockley og @AnaMardoll Crying now cause these were already all me. Now it just feels like the rest of the world knows my "normal" :') 86 Alexis Rockley @alexisrockley · 5d I'm so sorry it took the world SO DAMN LONG to empathize with your brain's normal. 58
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    Text - 51broccoli @gyalalmighty · 5d Svarer @alexisrockley og @starboyjpg Wow this thread literally described how I feel all the time..legit just thought it was my own personality at this point lol 27 4 53 Alexis Rockley @alexisrockley · 5d not you-just a human brain on prolonged stress. I hate that no one taught us these symptoms in school, since so many people are under chronic stress on a daily basis (and are still expected to function as if they're not, AND shamed for it, as if they're lazy?
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    Text - Conor Power @CJPdammit 5d Svarer @alexisrockley Also a pretty good description of what living with an anxiety disorder feels like. Next time someone asks what it's like l'll say "It's kind of like how you felt during the pandemic." 27 53 428 Alexis Rockley @alexisrockley · 5d THIS 75 2 svar til Dr. Gillian Gower 1 STAY HOME · 5d Svarer @alexisrockley I felt this way before Coronavirus, what do I win 4 45 Bolt @BOLTraveling · 5d Empathy. BOLT LESBIANS 85 SRITZAVRI SLACK OLA
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    Text - Renee Stark @Fireflyshiny Replying to @alexisrockley I don't like rollercoasters and would like to get off this one now thank you.
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