Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal?

[BlackGoku]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

Here I am at 2:54 AM logging on just to see whats going on on the board before I get to work and I see this thread. This is a great thread fam! I have been stressed and the dude that said that it can change your body chemistry is correct. I have been losing weight and I haven't been really doing anything special. I have diabetes and high blood pressure. I keep saying I'm going to go 3 weeks through the Full Body Detox and I haven't did it yet. It's a wonder I haven't fallen over yet. Reading everyone's story has been very therapeutic. My thing has been consistency. I just need to make sure that I'm doing the same thing from one day to the next and try to improve each day. I think the thing that was said about pumping iron is real talk. All the stress that I have is, I should be able to bench 500 pounds by the end of the year. I don't have anyone in my life to talk to about what I'm going through, because it will just look like I'm complaining and what not. I think this thread should be like an update thread as well. We can come back and post progress and things like that. I dont have any special advice or anything...just keep pushing through.

 

[g0nbad real bad]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

20fucking02

Rough ass 7 months
January - Broke with a girl I was with for about 3 years
February - Laid off from AT&T so no work low money....no car insurance
June - boom truck totaled by a sorry ass other nicca with no insurance

No $$, No vehicle, No bitch

July - Finally got Unemployment checks coming
August - My punkass dad loaned me a beat up but running Mercury Cougar
October - Back up on my feet


June and July was the lowest I have ever felt hommie cuz I did not want to go back to moms house I was determined to make it.

Turning power back on when AL Power turns it off
Signing up for 20 different AOL accounts to get online (Blackplanet)
Plugging a phone line into my neighbors phone test jack while she at work to get online.

 

[playahaitian]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

appreciate all for sharing...

thank you for the kind words positive messages and inspiration

keep your head up!

 

[Blackmayne]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

Here I am at 2:54 AM logging on just to see whats going on on the board before I get to work and I see this thread. This is a great thread fam! I have been stressed and the dude that said that it can change your body chemistry is correct. I have been losing weight and I haven't been really doing anything special. I have diabetes and high blood pressure. I keep saying I'm going to go 3 weeks through the Full Body Detox and I haven't did it yet. It's a wonder I haven't fallen over yet. Reading everyone's story has been very therapeutic. My thing has been consistency. I just need to make sure that I'm doing the same thing from one day to the next and try to improve each day. I think the thing that was said about pumping iron is real talk. All the stress that I have is, I should be able to bench 500 pounds by the end of the year. I don't have anyone in my life to talk to about what I'm going through, because it will just look like I'm complaining and what not. I think this thread should be like an update thread as well. We can come back and post progress and things like that. I dont have any special advice or anything...just keep pushing through.

Real wrap... This thread should be a sticky very inspirational informational and insightful. Let me drop some gems from my experience like I said I HAD NO CLUE how powerful stress can be. My stress manifested itself in my body by way if of heart palpitations which came as a result of lack of sleep pushing my body too hard. I began to feel my heart beat increase at random times it would first appear to flutter then disappate I would notice it but before I could draw a conclusion it disappeared... A few weeks later I awoke to a find my heart racing I initially thought " wow, my dreams got me excited it will calm so I sat there in bed trying to calm but it would not stop so I tried breathing deeply... My heart started to go faster ... Now when I say fast imagine doing intense cardio... That was how fast my resting heart beat was... I glanced over at my wife and infant son and said wow this is how I'm going to check out a heart attack at 33 ... I woke up my wife calmly told her to get dial 911, she said "whats wrong" I told her to feel my chest she goes " oh my God " then calls 911 .... I stayed in the hospital for a day of observation. Was given fluids ect act. ... Docs could give me no conclusion from the hospital I took time off work to meet with my GP and get a referral to a cardiologist so I could get to the bottom of all of this and rule out all the bad shit (,disorders diseases) can't front the news from Shane's untimely passing motivated me to make sure I had thorough health checkups to make sure there wasn't an underlying issue mind u during a the back in forth with the doctors my I began dreading sleep because my anxiety attacks would come at night waking me out my sleep ... Scaring me to death.


Now here's the insane part once I found out it was anxiety / panic attacks and the doctor explained how to confront an an attack shit stopped almost immediately. Doc said its fear of the unknown/ loss of control manifesting in the mind... The mind is powerful he says "don't dread the night attacks embrace them the next time it happens don't get up and try to breathe through it just lay there and feel it welcome it experience it ....... Man let me tell u I followed that advice and all be damned if the attacks didn't stop almost immediately .

Now I also followed the Docs advice on getting more rest ( sleep floods the body with natural enzymes that offset stress) working out, eating better, reducing alcohol consumption, doing things I enjoy more often, taking vitamins/natural supplements ( magnesium is the shit I'll try to post a video later... ) and more time with the fam less time at work.... Pretty much a lifestyle change which is what my body was telling me it desperately needed.

Many of us simply need a lifestyle change to combat stress we can't simply continue to do what we normally and expect our mind/bodies to be able to handle it every time. When the body speaks listen before something even worse manifests itself!

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[BlackGoku]

Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How di

Real wrap... This thread should be a sticky very inspirational informational and insightful. Let me drop so gems from my experience like I said I HAD NO CLUE how powerful stress can be. My stress manifested itself in my body by way if of heart palpitations which came as a result of lack of sleep pushing my body too hard. I began to feel my heart beat increase at random times it would first appear to flutter then disappate I would notice it but before I could draw a conclusion it disappeared... A few weeks later I awoke to a find my heart racing I initially thought " wow, my dreams got me excited it will calm so I sat there in bed trying to calm but it would not stop so I tried breathing deeply... My heart started to go faster ... Now when I say fast imagine doing intense cardio... That was how fast my resting heart beat was... I glanced over at my wife and infant son and said wow this is how I'm going to check out a heart attack at 33 ... I woke up my wife calmly told her to get dial 911, she said "whats wrong" I told her to feel my chest she goes " oh my God " then calls 911 .... I stayed in the hospital for a day of observation. Was given fluids ect act. ... Docs could give me no conclusion from the hospital I took time off work to meet with my GP and get a referral to a cardiologist so I could get to the bottom of all of this and rule out all the bad shit (,disorders diseases) can't front the news from Shane's untimely passing motivated me to make sure I had thorough health checkups to make sure there wasn't an underlying issue mind u during a the back in forth with the doctors my I began dreading sleep because my anxiety attacks would come at night waking me out my sleep ... Scaring me to death.


Now here's the insane part once I found out it was anxiety / panic attacks and the doctor explained how to confront an an attack shit stopped almost immediately. Doc said its fear of the unknown/ loss of control manifesting in the mind... The mind is powerful he says "don't dread the night attacks embrace them the next time it happens don't get up and try to breathe through it just lay there and feel it welcome it experience it ....... Man let me tell u I followed that advice and all be damned it the attacks didn't stop almost immediately .

Now I also followed the Docs advice on getting more rest ( sleep floods the body with natural enzymes that offset stress) working out, eating better, reducing alcohol consumption, doing things I enjoy more often, taking vitamins/natural supplements ( magnesium is the shit I'll try to post a video later... ) and more time with the fam less time at work.... Pretty much a lifestyle change which is what my body was telling me it desperately needed.

Many of us simply need a lifestyle change to combat stress we can't simply continue to do what we normally and expect our mind/bodies to be able to handle it every time. When the body speaks listen before something even worse manifests itself!

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Good stuff bruh! Glad you were able to get that under control. I used to think(before reading this thread) that anxiety/panic attacks was hereditary..i didn't know that was something that you could develop through stress...I know I need to work on bettering myself physically and mentally. I know we're all here about getting money, but if we kill ourselves in the process, it's not worth it. I'm 33 too, already with hbp and diabetes, but i want to stay here as long as i can.

 

[playahaitian]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How di

Now here's the insane part once I found out it was anxiety / panic attacks and the doctor explained how to confront an an attack shit stopped almost immediately. Doc said its fear of the unknown/ loss of control manifesting in the mind... The mind is powerful he says "don't dread the night attacks embrace them the next time it happens don't get up and try to breathe through it just lay there and feel it welcome it experience it ....... Man let me tell u I followed that advice and all be damned it the attacks didn't stop almost immediately .

Now I also followed the Docs advice on getting more rest ( sleep floods the body with natural enzymes that offset stress) working out, eating better, reducing alcohol consumption, doing things I enjoy more often, taking vitamins/natural supplements ( magnesium is the shit I'll try to post a video later... ) and more time with the fam less time at work.... Pretty much a lifestyle change which is what my body was telling me it desperately needed.

Many of us simply need a lifestyle change to combat stress we can't simply continue to do what we normally and expect our mind/bodies to be able to handle it every time. When the body speaks listen before something even worse manifests itself!

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really appreciate you sharing...

Brothers don't talk about stuff like this and we should.

especially feeling any weakness, that was the first time in my life that I actually had a physical reaction to stress

scared the living daylights out of me.

thanks

 

[jagu]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

Yeah i was working two jobs to provide for her and my kids so i wasn't
around a lot.So she was lonely and decided to leave me for someone she
met online.


Peace

Sorry to hear that. How did that relationship work out for her?

 

[J.E.T.S]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

True



Just curious, how the hell do you do that?

I was going to give em' hell. I wasn't going to be a lazy bum however. I was going to live on the streets happily on some Man vs Wild shit in the city shit. I was going to make that experience an adventure. Wasn't going to be no damn homeless shelters either... just going to TAKE whatever it was I needed until I got to where I needed to be.

"Sometimes you got to do a little bad, to do a little good."

The great Bun B said that.

 

[J.E.T.S]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

Same here now I'm working two jobs, one kinda in my field the other one high end retail dealing with a lot of fucked up crackers. Shit i would quit but I'm scared i might get laid off again.........So i rather deal with two jobs..........

How you don't give a fuck and you're scared though? That makes no sense.

Not giving a fuck is saying, I can lose everything and still be ok. I swear one day, I just got fed up with police, getting terminated for no reason, and supremacy in the workplace... and just quit this bs job I was working. With NOTHING else lined up. I lost my mind bro... I straight up said "fuck it I can be homeless again and be fine". I got in my crib brain storming and figured out what I was good at doing and did it for profit. I was quite surprised at all of the shit i've learned to do from CACs. My girlfriend gave my some money and helped get a shop and office. Been history ever since. I had no choice anyways seeing as how I have a shit load of misdemeanors.

 

[jagu]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

How you don't give a fuck and you're scared though? That makes no sense.

Not giving a fuck is saying, I can lose everything and still be ok. I swear one day, I just got fed up with police, getting terminated for no reason, and supremacy in the workplace... and just quit this bs job I was working. With NOTHING else lined up. I lost my mind bro... I straight up said "fuck it I can be homeless again and be fine". I got in my crib brain storming and figured out what I was good at doing and did it for profit. I was quite surprised at all of the shit i've learned to do from CACs. My girlfriend gave my some money and helped get a shop and office. Been history ever since. I had no choice anyways seeing as how I have a shit load of misdemeanors.

So, what do you do for a living?

 

[stretchwallz]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

The last few days I had a just a horrible run of luck health-wise, death, money just happened back to back for some reason out of the blue.

Damn near felt like I was gonna have an anxiety attack...

I had never reacted to stress like that before

As a Black Man father husband we really can't show any weakness

Have you ever just had a a tough run and how did you deal with it.

Its interesting that many people pretty much tell people to pray...

and that's it.

This is an important thread, to be a black man in the U.S. is to dance with stress constantly. I've been there... I had the anxiety attack+ at 36

1. Lost my job due to recession in Dec 2008
2. My fiance left due to losing that job, took my 1 year old daughter
3. Car gets repossessed at a job interview.
4. Warrant for my arrest issued for missed child support for oldest kid.
5. My father dies, due to renal failure at 59
6. On the steps of the courthouse I black out on the steps
7. I had a stroke, Blood Pressure 230/150
8. In hospital had another stroke the first day
9. Heart stopped for 14 seconds ...
10. 3 months in hospital, police arrest me upon release.

When you hit rock bottom you can't go down anymore, I learned to set small goals, and knock them off the list. Also meditation is mandatory, keep your mind clear, eliminate fear and the opinion of others.

I had a dream of my grandfather (whom I've met twice) in the hospital with him telling me "you haven't gone through enough yet, but you will survive ...ADAPT"

 

[J.E.T.S]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

So, what do you do for a living?

Sound treatments.

Furniture Repair.

Computer/phone repair.

Natural goods.

Home theater installation.

 

[J.E.T.S]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

This is an important thread, to be a black man in the U.S. is to dance with stress constantly. I've been there... I had the anxiety attack+ at 36

1. Lost my job due to recession in Dec 2008
2. My fiance left due to losing that job, took my 1 year old daughter
3. Car gets repossessed at a job interview.
4. Warrant for my arrest issued for missed child support for oldest kid.
5. My father dies, due to renal failure at 59
6. On the steps of the courthouse I black out on the steps
7. I had a stroke, Blood Pressure 230/150
8. In hospital had another stroke the first day
9. Heart stopped for 14 seconds ...
10. 3 months in hospital, police arrest me upon release.

When you hit rock bottom you can't go down anymore, I learned to set small goals, and knock them off the list. Also meditation is mandatory, keep your mind clear, eliminate fear and the opinion of others.

I had a dream of my grandfather (whom I've met twice) in the hospital with him telling me "you haven't gone through enough yet, but you will survive ...ADAPT"

Now this my friends, is a crying damn shame. Black men don't deserve this.

Damn bro.

 

[big pimp]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

Good Thread.
I been going through hell ever since I lost my mom came home from work good day to get a call that my mother was gone and just spoke with her few days before she passed away.Lost Job last year. Been living off savings and trying to find a job.Bills are non stop. Child support would not lower my payments. It getting to the point paying them or ending up on the street it's really bad now.

 

[Blackmayne]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

This is an important thread, to be a black man in the U.S. is to dance with stress constantly. I've been there... I had the anxiety attack+ at 36

1. Lost my job due to recession in Dec 2008
2. My fiance left due to losing that job, took my 1 year old daughter
3. Car gets repossessed at a job interview.
4. Warrant for my arrest issued for missed child support for oldest kid.
5. My father dies, due to renal failure at 59
6. On the steps of the courthouse I black out on the steps
7. I had a stroke, Blood Pressure 230/150
8. In hospital had another stroke the first day
9. Heart stopped for 14 seconds ...
10. 3 months in hospital, police arrest me upon release.

When you hit rock bottom you can't go down anymore, I learned to set small goals, and knock them off the list. Also meditation is mandatory, keep your mind clear, eliminate fear and the opinion of others.

I had a dream of my grandfather (whom I've met twice) in the hospital with him telling me "you haven't gone through enough yet, but you will survive ...ADAPT"

Be strong fam death came sniffing for you and you let em know your not ready yet .... Keep up the good fight!

May I ask how old are you?!
Did you retain any permanent damage from the stroke?

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[furlough]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

this thread is loaded with honesty & positive methods of handling unfortunate events

prop to ph for creating it & thanks to everyone for sharing & dropping wisdom

i am most definitely subscribed

 

[stretchwallz]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

Be strong fam death came sniffing for you and you let em know your not ready yet .... Keep up the good fight!

May I ask how old are you?!
Did you retain any permanent damage from the stroke?

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41, remarkable no permanent damage (my doctors are still amazed) Too much melanin I tell them!

I just learned everything is temporary, the journey of life is to be enjoyed (good or bad)

Changed my diet and exercise patterns drastically and started meditating daily

 

[J.E.T.S]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

You fellas need to detox your bodies and go on a raw foods diet for a while

 

[inkone]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

Since where sharing, let me tell you thought the year was gonna be great was looking forward to promotion didn't get it I'm not the what they where looking for. but I've been with this job for six years. but the cat they gave it to had not been there 3months
so i leave. Found a better job nice i flying high went out bought new clothes for it cause i had to dress the suits tie the whole nine. Was not there no more than a week, was on my way home after work on bart seen an old coworker and was telling her about my day my conversation was over over heard by someone i didn't notice was on the same bart ride as i. The hating mother fucker went back and told my boss my whole conversation the bitch took it personal like i was was telling shit on wiki links lol . And they let me go i was under my 90 days.
So i went back to my old job not even there no more than 2 months, and they let me go over petty shit. Question why let me back then turn around and remove me interesting.
So now I'm at my current situation back on the grind felling sorry for myself at times. But i got to keep pushing my family depends on me. But i know and I'm not gonna lie at times i just want to give in but i pray for the strenth to stay focus in this.

 

[Ninja05]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

Man - this is probably the realest thread on BGOL. I have avoided this thread this morning. But Stretchwallz story made me say fuck it and post to y'all ninjas I have never met.

I realized I probably have generalized anxiety. My father has it and his father most likely had it. I have no idea how I made it through Law/Grad school and had the success I had. I just powered through the shit. Never wanted to take meds...then late last year I had a cough I couldn't get rid of/chest pain and the doctor found a spot on my lungs. Went through three to four weeks of mri/cat scan/review. My doctors were being vague and told me to follow up in two months. I'm man enough to say that I lost it and had an anxiety attack - lost my consulting firm- stop fucking wit my fraternity brothas, family, friends, lost hell of weight, etc.. Just broke down...

I found my dream job in January and just tried to power through it again. Had a therapist and just stopped going - cause I got this and a successful black man doesn't need all of that shit. Now - I'm fucking up on the job now, probably about to get fired, stressed out and depressed. Its not some shit you can just power through.When you run in circles in ATL where everyone is balling or fake balling/accomplished and even ninjas you been through the thick of it cant sit down with you to talk about this or even relate - its fucked up.

I have no idea where to go from here and felt my self slipping back into a deep dark place...but y'all don't have any idea how good it felt just to let this shit out. Typing this shit was theraputic..

Appreciate the thread and y'all help

 

[Sampson]

41, remarkable no permanent damage (my doctors are still amazed) Too much melanin I tell them!

I just learned everything is temporary, the journey of life is to be enjoyed (good or bad)

Changed my diet and exercise patterns drastically and started meditating daily

Wise words. Stay strong brother.

 

[stretchwallz]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

This is easily the best thread on BGOL

Very therapeutic, trust me one of our brothers is going though a difficult time now and sharing our experiences helps greatly

You will come out on the other side a better man. Just know you're not alone... Someone can relate

Props to you all

 

[BlackGoku]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

Man - this is probably the realest thread on BGOL. I have avoided this thread this morning. But Stretchwallz story made me say fuck it and post to y'all ninjas I have never met.

I realized I probably have generalized anxiety. My father has it and his father most likely had it. I have no idea how I made it through Law/Grad school and had the success I had. I just powered through the shit. Never wanted to take meds...then late last year I had a cough I couldn't get rid of/chest pain and the doctor found a spot on my lungs. Went through three to four weeks of mri/cat scan/review. My doctors were being vague and told me to follow up in two months. I'm man enough to say that I lost it and had an anxiety attack - lost my consulting firm- stop fucking wit my fraternity brothas, family, friends, lost hell of weight, etc.. Just broke down...

I found my dream job in January and just tried to power through it again. Had a therapist and just stopped going - cause I got this and a successful black man doesn't need all of that shit. Now - I'm fucking up on the job now, probably about to get fired, stressed out and depressed. Its not some shit you can just power through.When you run in circles in ATL where everyone is balling or fake balling/accomplished and even ninjas you been through the thick of it cant sit down with you to talk about this or even relate - its fucked up.

I have no idea where to go from here and felt my self slipping back into a deep dark place...but y'all don't have any idea how good it felt just to let this shit out. Typing this shit was theraputic..

Appreciate the thread and y'all help

Even though we dont know each other, I don't know, there's something therapeutic about just letting EVERYTHING out. You don't care about people being judgmental because they dont know you. I know a lot of people may laugh at black men going to a therapist, but if you have no one else to turn to then you do what you gotta do. It's either your piece of mind or being "tough"...it may help to start going back to that therapist and just work through it and take it day by day.

 

[Tha Great Muta]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

Bump

 

[kogalee_mohammed]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

It happens to the best of us.

I was working 2 jobs,came home to find my wife and kids gone one night.Mind you,i
was working 2 jobs,taking care of my kids and only getting like 3 hours of sleep a
day so,i was doing nothing wrong.End up being homeless from that situation.But just
kept pushing and bounced back.That was years ago and it seems like the last couple
of years,things are starting to head down hill again.I guess the only thing you
can do is keep your head down and keep grinding.Things will fall into place when
they're meant to.I honestly believe you can only get stronger when you face
conflict\difficulties head on.There's no other way to survive because praying
to god is like sending a letter to Santa Claus.Nothing gets done.(IMO)

Peace

If your wife was gone that's because she ran off with me. When I taught her that the white man is the devil she was drawn me like white was drawn to rice!

Had you prayed to Allah who came in the person of Master Fard Muhammad then you would still have your wife. And you would still be living the family life!

Im a fuggin troll, don't pay me no damn attention mayne.

On the real, how did you wind up homeless though?

 

[J.E.T.S]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

If your wife was gone that's because she ran off with me. When I taught her that the white man is the devil she was drawn me like white was drawn to rice!

Had you prayed to Allah who came in the person of Master Fard Muhammad then you would still have your wife. And you would still be living the family life!

Im a fuggin troll, don't pay me no damn attention mayne.

On the real, how did you wind up homeless though?

Dude.. come on bruh. Take this shit to another thread.

 

[militantmidget]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK &amp

Real wrap... This thread should be a sticky very inspirational informational and insightful. Let me drop some gems from my experience like I said I HAD NO CLUE how powerful stress can be. My stress manifested itself in my body by way if of heart palpitations which came as a result of lack of sleep pushing my body too hard. I began to feel my heart beat increase at random times it would first appear to flutter then disappate I would notice it but before I could draw a conclusion it disappeared... A few weeks later I awoke to a find my heart racing I initially thought " wow, my dreams got me excited it will calm so I sat there in bed trying to calm but it would not stop so I tried breathing deeply... My heart started to go faster ... Now when I say fast imagine doing intense cardio... That was how fast my resting heart beat was... I glanced over at my wife and infant son and said wow this is how I'm going to check out a heart attack at 33 ... I woke up my wife calmly told her to get dial 911, she said "whats wrong" I told her to feel my chest she goes " oh my God " then calls 911 .... I stayed in the hospital for a day of observation. Was given fluids ect act. ... Docs could give me no conclusion from the hospital I took time off work to meet with my GP and get a referral to a cardiologist so I could get to the bottom of all of this and rule out all the bad shit (,disorders diseases) can't front the news from Shane's untimely passing motivated me to make sure I had thorough health checkups to make sure there wasn't an underlying issue mind u during a the back in forth with the doctors my I began dreading sleep because my anxiety attacks would come at night waking me out my sleep ... Scaring me to death.


Now here's the insane part once I found out it was anxiety / panic attacks and the doctor explained how to confront an an attack shit stopped almost immediately. Doc said its fear of the unknown/ loss of control manifesting in the mind... The mind is powerful he says "don't dread the night attacks embrace them the next time it happens don't get up and try to breathe through it just lay there and feel it welcome it experience it ....... Man let me tell u I followed that advice and all be damned if the attacks didn't stop almost immediately .

Now I also followed the Docs advice on getting more rest ( sleep floods the body with natural enzymes that offset stress) working out, eating better, reducing alcohol consumption, doing things I enjoy more often, taking vitamins/natural supplements ( magnesium is the shit I'll try to post a video later... ) and more time with the fam less time at work.... Pretty much a lifestyle change which is what my body was telling me it desperately needed.

Many of us simply need a lifestyle change to combat stress we can't simply continue to do what we normally and expect our mind/bodies to be able to handle it every time. When the body speaks listen before something even worse manifests itself!

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Brotha...thank you so much for this post. I been having the symptoms i.e. heart palpations randomly for the last month. I also been running around hustling while not getting enough sleep. I will take your advice right now and slow it down for the summer. 8-9 hours of sleep will be mandatory from now on. 30 mins of cardio a day minimum.

 

[Lord Vicious]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

Sorry to hear that. How did that relationship work out for her?

Appreciate it bruh.
After about 2 weeks dude moved on but it's crazy how bitter she is towards
me like i did something. Crazy.

 

[Lord Vicious]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

On the real, how did you wind up homeless though?

The rest of that is mad wild so i'll ignore it but to answer your question
i was fucked up bad emotionally,after 6 years and 2 kids and all the other
shit we had been through i was not in a good place mentally.That lead to
me missing work,i even dropped one job because i just couldn't physically
handle that and all the stress.I wasn't eating or sleeping and shit was
just going down hill.Then i still had child support for my son which is
50% (Cali.) and even between 2 jobs i was barely gettin by.

Peace

 

[kogalee_mohammed]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

So, what do you do for a living?

I gave him a job sellin bean pies and final calls.

 

[kogalee_mohammed]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

Dude.. come on bruh. Take this shit to another thread.

okay. Fine.

 

[JofromthaNO]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK &amp

Brotha...thank you so much for this post. I been having the symptoms i.e. heart palpations randomly for the last month. I also been running around hustling while not getting enough sleep. I will take your advice right now and slow it down for the summer. 8-9 hours of sleep will be mandatory from now on. 30 mins of cardio a day minimum.

If you can't fit all that in, just do baby steps - walk everyday for 30 minutes, go to bed 15 minutes earlier every night to work your way up to the 8-9 hours. Set smaller goals for yourself so it doesn't feel overwhelming to achieve.

 

[GAMETHEORY]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

someone bring that confession thread....

 

[Mrfreddygoodbud]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

Good Thread.
I been going through hell ever since I lost my mom came home from work good day to get a call that my mother was gone and just spoke with her few days before she passed away.Lost Job last year. Been living off savings and trying to find a job.Bills are non stop. Child support would not lower my payments. It getting to the point paying them or ending up on the street it's really bad now.

I feel you,

control what you can......

you cant stop child support now,

but you can do what you can to keep your,

mind and body in order, give up all that shit

thats slowly killing you, sodas, fast food...


drink more water, save more loot..

do push ups and sit ups, so when your

time comes you will be ready...


dont fear being homeless, see that shit as a new

beginning to get the place you really always wanted...


just dont live above your means..

that last child support payment is gonna be here before you know it,


but are you gonna be all sick and stressed when that day comes.


or you gonna be in shape, with a healthy mind body and spirit

ready for chapter two in yo life...


accept what you must and change what you will...


and now that your moms passed to a higher life

you now know who died so you could live..


and it aint no white jesus..

We really need to get back to respecting

our antcestors... past and present...

Respect Yo Angels!!

 

[GAMETHEORY]

Re: Black Men & Stress: Have you ever had a horrible run of BAD LUCK & How did u deal

bump//.