@dancininrain: I know you started two different threads, but I'm going to reply only in this one because: 1) I'm too lazy to reply in two threads and 2) these issues might be connected to one another.
i feel like i set myself up for stressful situations, i always procrastinate , like now i have a 20 page paper due in a few days and i keep phycing myself out and freaking out how i havent started and then i waste my time stressing. my stress has been causing medical issues and im getting sick of letting my mind control me, wat should i do.. besides meds!
the past year ive been having some major mood swings sometimes they happen as a result of an event and sometimes they just happen for no reason. i can be walking down the street and feel amazing but by the time i get to the end of the block i feel like crying.. and im soo sensitive that if one person says something thats even remotely mean, no matter how good of a mood i was in, ill go the bathroom and cry and then stay in a bad mood :/
Well, there are different types of stress. And their sources can vary in 'size' -
major stress events (like a death of someone close to you) and
minor stress events (a coworker who keeps messing up your desk every morning, a person you really don't like whom you have to 'deal' with every day for 15 minutes).
I'll be using the metaphor of the bucket that flows over. The water = stress, the bucket = your capacity to handle stress. A bucket that flows over = problems.
People often think it's the major stress things that freak you out, but it's mostly the sum of all minor stress things that makes the water in the bucket flow over. It's kinda cumulative, and at some point, it just goes beyond your 'stress handling capacity'.
I don't know your sources of stress, but it sounds like you have many of these minor stress sources that you deal with on a very frequent base. Resulting in having a high level of stress every day. The bucket is filled up almost to the rim, each and every day. And every now and then, there are just a few drips that make your bucket of water just flows over.
I
speculate that you may feel amazing when you're walking down the street, but you'll be thinking/feeling much or get triggered by visual stimuli that ignite your 'feel/think/remember engine'. Ne+Ne+Ne+Ne+Ne (to infinity) -> Fi overload -> Si -> Fi -> Si -> Fi -> etc.
I would give you a more practical 'solution' if I could, but I don't know much about your stress. So for now, I can only give you a general answer, which is to try and reduce the stress you get from minor sources and to prevent major stress events from happening.
Some stability and routine might help, like in case of your homework. Try to do a 'little' part of it, as example with your paper, try to write one page a day or something.