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tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 3:39 PM

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I have this awful (just annoying) habit of holding my breath when excited. It's a habit I've had since I was a kid and I just never grew out of it. A lot of times people have to help calm me down because it's just hard lol. But it's mostly like not letting my air out, that's the whole thing. ;-;

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 4:27 PM

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Do you feel others will judge you for feeling excited so you have to hold back on feeling super happy?

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 4:42 PM

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snow slate Do you feel others will judge you for feeling excited so you have to hold back o...

Maybe that's why

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But I have no idea tbh

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But during those moments idk what to do about it

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 4:43 PM

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Best thing would be to just go find a quiet place for you to calm down

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Excuse yourself, no one will mind

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 4:44 PM

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The thing is that it's kinda bothersome to suddenly not be able to let the air out. Idk it's kinda weird lol

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 4:45 PM

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Oh wow that is quite strange actually

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The doctor should def know about it so they can diagnose u at least

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 4:46 PM

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No it really is just being HSP

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Feeling emotions like 2x more intense

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 4:47 PM

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tribal dagger No it really is just being HSP

HSP?

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 4:47 PM

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Highly sensitive person

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To like textures, emotions, stimuli and all that

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 4:48 PM

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tribal dagger Feeling emotions like 2x more intense

So it’s not just excitement?

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 4:48 PM

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So I've felt emotions so deeply my whole life

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 4:48 PM

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snow slate So it’s not just excitement?

It might be a mix of a lot of things

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Yeah, not only excitement

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With sadness I also get issues like that but instead of holding my air it's just sobbing so much that I don't have anything lol

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 4:49 PM

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And what about feeling mad?

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 4:50 PM

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I haven't realized what I do. All I know is that I get really defensive

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But not that physical

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 4:52 PM

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Have you seen a therapist about it?

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 4:52 PM

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Yups

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It's just part of my life tbh

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It's not linked to trauma or anything. So I was told it's just how my body deals with overwhelming emotions

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 4:53 PM

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I get mood swings and I gotta take anti depressants to help me get back to normal

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 4:53 PM

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I'm sorry

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That doesn't sound fun

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 4:54 PM

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tribal dagger It's not linked to trauma or anything. So I was told it's just how my body deals...

Oh snaps it sounds like you were born with it

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 4:54 PM

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Yeah pretty much lol

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Even in like 6th grade and that I remember having it

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It's hard for me to like take a step back and actually take it easy when it happens

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 4:56 PM

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Hopefully with practice you can get better since there’s many others that live with lifelong conditions as well

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And ngl 6th grade and middle school is always traumatizing 😒 kids are so mean

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 4:57 PM

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True lol

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At least it was the last enjoyable year of school

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After that it was just me getting ignored when I really needed someone

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But right now I'm getting the air thing and ughhhh

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 4:58 PM

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tribal dagger After that it was just me getting ignored when I really needed someone

Sorry to hear that

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 4:58 PM

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It's okay

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I wasn't expecting the excitement thing to hit me rn tbh

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Because I shouldn't be excited

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Maybe because of dance class

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 5:00 PM

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Dance is fun I don’t blame u

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 5:00 PM

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But I wanna dance and I have no idea if it's a good idea to dance when I can't even catch my breath lol

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I'm getting hyperactive and I wanna try jumps

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 5:01 PM

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Try to take it slowly and breathe

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Is anyone near you that can help u out rn

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 5:02 PM

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Nope

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Alone

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I'm not feeling bad I'm just trying my best to not give in to hyperactivity when Im like this

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It's hard

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 5:03 PM

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Yea I can see that now

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If you need to go calm the hyperactivity you should go. I’ll be here

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 5:05 PM

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Not helping with my breathing lol

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 5:05 PM

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snow slate If you need to go calm the hyperactivity you should go. I’ll be here

Yeah I think I gotta calm down

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I'm back

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Idk how I'm feeling

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My body aches but I wanna practice my jumps

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Like even my arches hurt

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This thing I have is that idk when to stop

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Even when I'm out of breath, even when I'm in pain. Which is why it happens so often that people have to like stop me from continuing and tell me to take a breath

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 5:25 PM

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Haha my bad, it’s my instinct

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What kinda dance is it

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 5:26 PM

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snow slate Haha my bad, it’s my instinct

I didn't see it lol

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 5:27 PM

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snow slate What kinda dance is it

Contemporary...

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And ballet

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 5:28 PM

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That’s why you mention arches I knew it’d be ballet

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I’m pretty sure you done this before but listen to boring music to distract yourself

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 5:29 PM

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I dance to it too. It's insane. You can give me a horror song and I'll be making choreo

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 5:30 PM

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That’s some talent! How long does it take you to make choreo

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 5:31 PM

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I mean it's not like real choreo it's just me trying to put together different moves lol

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 5:33 PM

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Putting it all together and coming up with the moves seems tricky imo

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 5:33 PM

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Yeah it kinda is

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It's the same thing always

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 5:33 PM

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It’s not like it’s all random stuff that’s the hard part

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 5:33 PM

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I forgot most of the moves because I haven't taken ballet classes for like 2 years, only a tiny amount this year

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So my mind grabbed certain moves I do a lot

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 5:37 PM

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Ballet looks scary when they dance on their toes like that it’s impressive 🔥

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 5:37 PM

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Pointe shoes are soooo nice

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Painful but nice

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They make us look super tall

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 5:38 PM

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Are you talking abt heels 👠

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 5:38 PM

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Nope

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🩰

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Those

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When going over the box it makes us look super tall lol

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 5:39 PM

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Ohh right those

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They look like what toddlers wear tbh

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 5:40 PM

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Definitely don't feel like it tho

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 5:41 PM

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I hope it goes well for you in ur dance class

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 5:41 PM

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Ty

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 5:41 PM

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Rly sounds fun

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 5:41 PM

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I've just been trying to calm down for like 20 mins and nothing

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Hate it

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 5:42 PM

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snow slate Rly sounds fun

Yeah it is

snow slate Oct 20, 2025, 5:43 PM

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tribal dagger I've just been trying to calm down for like 20 mins and nothing

Yea I have hopes that you’ll get better at regulating. I wish I could’ve helped more

tribal dagger Oct 20, 2025, 5:43 PM

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It's okay!

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