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>>16862345
>Should i stick to coffee or do some sports?
I like to drink a cup of coffee and I use the pomodoro technique as well. During my break I like to walk around or go outside. I used to take a break by going on the Internet and that was a horrible idea, since I'd stay there forever.

Good luck, anon!

>>16862345
>Should i stick to coffee or do some sports?
Both have their pro's and cons. Coffee gives you a good energy boost, but you build tolerance to it pretty quick, and it can mess with your sleep, meaning you wake up tired the next day, meaning you need to drink coffee just to feel normal. Excercising and keeping fit raises your energy levels which will let you get more done, but ti won't put more hours in to the day - if you spend five hours a week in the gym that's five hours that you're not working on your thesis (or whatever it is you're doing) for.

If you're in to suppliments, gamma labs' g-fuel is about the best energy drink there is. Gives you a really good boost, lasts about 4 hours, doesn't make you jittery like red bull does, and you don't really get the "crash" like you do with regular energy drinks. It's not desperatley expensive either, allthough they're not particularly quick with shipping. Tolerance build up isn't too bad if you stick to one or two a day. I was going through 5-6 scoops a day at one point, and at first I was like superman with the amount I could get done in a day, but after about three weeks I just felt lethargic all the time no matter how much I used. Stopped having it all together when the last tub ran out, and I was absolutley fucked for about a week after that, couldn't go to work or anything, so probably don't use too much of it if you go down that route.

>>16862345
Lost my original window.

#1 Get proper sleep. Most people need a minimum 7 - 9 hours to function well. Forget the people who say they only need 4 hours and can do everything. Find what works for you.

#2 Get exercise. It will help work out your tension and anxiety. Also studies show people actually learn better.

#3 Eat but not to excess. Don't get distracted with weird ass detoxing nonsense or food nazis. You need something to look forward to.

#4 Seek tutoring help ASAP.

#5 ask for help in study skills

#6 Coffee is fine. Despite all the attempts to find something wrong with it, the studies keep saying it's beneficial and even inhibits cancer. Just keep it to 3 - 5 cups a day and don't drink it after 3 PM, perhaps 2 PM, or it will interfere with sleep.

#7 Take breaks every couple of hours. Your brain can only handle so much at once, and you'll need to review the same material to make it stick. Take a walk around the block, find a distraction for 15 minutes. Drink your cup of coffee outside, etc.

#8 At least once a week take a longer break with supportive friends who understand you can't get falling down drunk or stay out until 02:00 AM. You need your sleep. Dammit.

I recommend learning how to spell the word "college", before setting your eyes towards higher education.

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Maybe I'm just looking at this wrong.

I've been given a wonderful opportunity many would literally kill for.

Instead of looking at this as a tragedy, something to fix, to make myself comfortable again and be who I was before I got General Anxiety,

I should look at this like an adventure.

I get to try new things again.

I get to meet new people and try new things again.

I get to feel like an empowered human being again and not like a piece of shit.

My fear of pain and doing things "wrong" is another reason why I was so anxious before.

I mean I'll fuck up and lots of people have fucked up before, sometimes devoting decades of their life to something they end up hating.

So I'm cool.

Day by day, hour by hour, I'll find my niche in this life.

I gotta leave 4Chan and Reddit because these places are toxic to my development.

Also, check out psychiatry and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

Bye senpai.

People want to be friends with people that are cool and fun to be around. If you're a downer all the time out complain, they won't like you. It becomes a downward spiral.

To keep things simple, agree with them a few times verbally. Tell stories that coincide with theirs and preface it with "along what you were saying... Blah blah", these little things can make bigger impacts than you think. It's stupid, but our egos are stupid and easily fooled. You want to play into their ego a bit, so they can play into yours.

Use superlatives a few times but not too many times. " wow this sandwich is the best I've had in a long time " crap like this can push the conversation along. Ask them what the best place to eat for them was.

You don't need to be on point 100%with every response and over analyse everything. It won't come naturally, but you can method act and act cool. Eventually you will start to become cool to be around.

Very familiar with this. I only hang out with people ive always sort of hanged out,i never make new friends cuz i get awkward when around new people and i just dont want to be seen as dumb so i rather shut up than make jokes and have fun like i ususally do. My best advice is alchohol.Not too much,just a small buzz will help u our massively trust me. Then,the problem can be that i meet a girl while kinda buzzed,we have fun and she starts to like me,and when i meet her next time im sober and its awkward,but hey thats another topic all u wanna do is stop being awkward

>>16862356
What the hell, I'm taking this.

>>16862309

If they don't want you to know, they will never let you know.

Perhaps he isn't really being annoyed. Or perhaps your type of annoying is tolerable enough that he doesn't mind humoring you.

There's no way to know. Don't do anything stupid. He may be totally fine with it. If it was adversely affecting his life, he will most likely tell you. But since it isn't affecting his life much at all, there's nothing to worry about.

I know this feel too well anon but the best thing to do is to just assume you're not annoying him and act as you normally would. If something in the way you naturally are is annoying to him, there's no point in pursuing the relationship further anyhow.

>>16862309
Most people are not in the charity business. If they don't like you, they don't choose to put themselves in the unpleasant experience of being with you.

That means that if they do invite and accept your company, it is pretty likely thagt they like you.

>>16862292
check conventions.

>>16862298
And then attend those?

>>16862303
r u fkn srs

You don't. The harder you try, the more it will sound forced and bland. Try to trigger the inspiration by practicing more your other hobbies. You obviously like music, so keep on listening new stuff to get cool ideas. For the lyrics, you could start reading poetry books or novels in general. Just don't push yourself too hard. Inspiration is something that comes naturally.

>>16862281
Pray to Odin, the Muses, Apollo, or Dionysus for help.

please anons! Need some feedback!

>>16862273
Yes takes two to three weeks to be effective. Very most a month or complete menstruation cycle. You're good

>>16862273
Your fine.

>>16862267
Forgot to add, employee who threatend me got no warning, only forced to apologize

>>16862267
>someone isn't treating me the way i want
>better leave the country
>i bet they'll give me preferential treatment

Way to reasonably consider the events of your life and not catastrophize.

>>16862283
Can you even read?

>>16862265

>take surprise piss test for new job
>expect to fail because of weed
>take test, immediately call manager and tell him I'm going to fail because of weed
>fail because of weed
>manager calls me up, says to start on Monday and retake test in about a month
>been there 3 years

They're checking mainly for habitual amphetamine/opiate use, I honestly don't think anyone gives a shit about weed anymore

>And alcoholics are by far bigger degenerates then potheads
For some reason I always crack up when this is used as a way to attempt to prove that smoking weed is okay.

>Yeah sure, I murdered a guy but at least I'm not a child rapist.

>>16862265
drink a lot of diuretics(stuff that makes you pee, green tea, coffee) if you are paranoid.

Likely they will find nothing and even if they do its hard stuff they are looking for most of the time.

>>16862241
>Bad ending
go along with what he wants, eventually get cucked but since you weren't that much into it, it shouldn't bother you too much.
>Good ending
Tell her you are not interested and cut contact.
>True ending
Keep refusing her forever until she finds someone else and moves on.

>>16862241
Tell her you will always have feelings for her, but you are just hurting each other at this point and you are sorry. unfriend. Block communication. cry, eat cheesecake

>>16862266
The 'Good ending' would be the best ending but due to things such as family complications and problems with what some would call 'friends' if you catch my meaning is one of the issues why we talk so often; I can't and don't want to see her feel any worse than she is doing.

Those people are stupid. Plain and simple. It's such a big thing to cook for yourself, you'd have to be an idiot to hate on someone for it.

Keep doing what you're doing, trust me you'll thank yourself for it in the future.

Fuck people. If you like cooking then keep cooking. Just don't be autistic about it. Same for any hobby. Plus it helps to be interesting or attractive to begin with.

>>16862232
Kid problems. How old are you even....

>>16862229
you literally have to just start saying hi to her and slowly ease into conversations.

there is no easy answer.

Find a reason to talk to them, and talk to them about it. That's all there is to it. Small talk, deep talk, complains, looks, other people, literally anything. Just have to find a reason and go for it.

>>16862233
Check'd
But what if i never had nothing to do with the girl? I can't just say "Hi" outta nowhere ya know

>>16862194

google
>Risks in donating plasma

go from there

>>16862194
http://www.plasmadonating.net/2012/10/risks-and-side-effects-of-donating.html

You will be tired for a day afterwards and needles hurt.

I mean beyond this, there isn't really any cons.

>>16862183

tell her, you'll regret not doing it.

>>16862185
Agreed

>>16862183
tell her obviously, anyway there is a 70% of probability that she says no, but tell her anyway