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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in the path of the full eclipse and had to deal with lectures via text all week about eclipse safety and not looking at the sun. We are a few weeks out from temps below freezing so I’ll get the loop about protecting my outdoor faucets soon, too.

I think it’s anxiety that’s fueling these non-conversation monologues but when I’m in the middle of one I don’t think oh, this is anxiety. It just feels exhausting and repetitive, there’s no give and take, and it inevitably builds to the point that I want to lash out like a beleaguered 13 year old.[/quote]

This. It's anxiety and a brain that is not working optimally and I find if I interrupt the monologue at all with "thanks for caring about me, but I am aware and don't need these daily reminders" anxiety flips to rage. I think feeling that you want to lash out might be feeling trapped because you are doomed if you defend yourself, you reinforce it if you simply say "thank you" and there is no solution. You can make an excuse to end the conversation or only respond to the part of the text that is tolerable, but you cannot change them and it just gets worse.[/quote]

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