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I think how well anxious people cope with stress varies. I'm a pretty anxious person, but I'm actually incredibly good to have on hand in a crisis. I also bizarrely enjoy these situations, because of how much calmer I feel. Like, it's not that I'm not anxious in these scenarios (there is at least one point where I had someone else's life in my hands, and that was fucking terrifying), but it felt like good anxiety.
I've heard similar experiences from some others with anxiety (and one friend who effectively "solved" her anxiety by becoming a paramedic). it blows my mind how much variety there is in how ill mental health manifests, and how much we still have to learn about how things work.
I'm glad to hear that your medication has helped you. It's awesome to find something that helps, and to be able to blitz through tasks that were previously impossible to do. I felt a similar thing when I started ADHD medication.
Wouldn't that be adrenaline or such helping you be calm?
Personally the way I cannot handle stress would be: deadlines that aren't feasible. I'd be scratching heart area because it would feel weird.
When I'm overly stressed, I can't keep myself from scratching certain areas. As my mind is going wild.
In such situations I am completely useless to others. It should be illegal for me to drive on the road with a car in such moments too. It feels like I'm more impacted than when drunk.