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Hangxiety is officially a new word. I’m going to submit it for consideration to be added to the dictionary!
Making friends as a working adult sucks.
Sheeeit try making friends in your 30s or 40s! Most of my boys are becoming geriatric but blame fatherhood. I really don’t get it! I still want to go out and play.
40 something yo single female with 2 kids. Yeah, things that are not happening. 😂💀
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There are two sides to hangxiety. One is physiological — your blood pressure, hydration, histamine level, sleep-wake triggers and hormones etc are out of whack bc you pleasantly poisoned yourself. The other is social-psychological — worrying you were out of control or foolish.
For the first one, you have to find the protocol that works for you and stick to it like clockwork. Hydrate, get your vitamins and salt in balance, get sunshine early in the day, eat something sensible and protein heavy early to help anchor blood sugar and get your system in shape so it’s not contributing to spiraling thoughts or overstimulation
For the second one, hydrate while you’re drinking and you’ll be less sloppy drunk. Make a practice of picking one or two rounds where you drink slower so you don’t go drink for drink with people. And in the morning as you go for your walk with your nice little smoothie and the evening comes back in flashes and you start to feel the tickle of worry, remember the most important thing of all — ain’t nobody studyin’ you
GD1 Thank you for your beyond helpful insights here ☺️ This made me feel a lot better today.
I approve of the new word! But yeah I agree, not so much of doing weird stuff but still trying to find it’s ok to even meet new people in this climate of the pandemic. I even get nervous hanging with some closer friends because I’m not trying to get Covid or pass it along to any of my loved ones. Feels like walking on thin ice tbh