Something big is coming ...

[MigraineHangover]

Help me get a grip!

I have a horrible horrible feeling in my stomach that something big globally is about to kick off. I can't shake the feeling.

I know it's nonsense and I don't believe in all the woo stuff. I don't really believe in premonitions etc.. but I've only had this feeling once before and that was October 6th last year, and obviously things didn't pan out too well after that.

It's really stressing me out.

Please tell me the world will be the same tomorrow as it is today, my feelings last year were just coincidence, and I should just try and ignore this weirdness!

Has anyone had a feeling like before and all has been well?

Anyone know what these feelings are about? ... the science?

Thanks

I don't know what the pop is, so I guess not? As in fizzy pop? I haven't had any diet coke or Fanta for a while! I'm guessing you mean something else though ... (what is the pop!?)

Thanks op!

The first poster used US spelling. Not everyone on this site is British or lives in the UK.

The best thing to do is stop watching the news, that doesn't mean you don't care about what's happening but we get overloaded with more shitty information than we are designed to process. We are built to worry about the things closest to us and things that often we have some control over.

To be constantly bombarded with devastating information on events we have absolutely no control over is just too much. If you want to continue staying up to date then do so by reading the news rather than watching the graphic videos, seeing it doest give you personally any more power to stop it unless you are a massively high ranking official in the military or govt.

Impending sense of doom is also a sign of heart attack / stroke can't remember which one in women so if you have risk factors maybe get checked out.

It's my son's birthday this week so if you could stick a pin in the global destruction until next week that would be great.

You do realise that diarrhea is a perfectly acceptable American spelling? Maybe you should also check the spelling and grammar on your own posts before criticising others

Are you peri or menopausal? Doom feelings are very common at that age!

They say to see a doctor if you have a feeling like this.

Things are 'kicking off' all over the world all the time, not sure why tomorrow will be any different tbh

Have you been on the booze? 'The fear' is a classic hangover symptom.

Oh that's really interesting. I had a horrendous migraine yesterday (hence username) and was vomitting repeatedly and couldn't leave my bed. I feel physically fine today, barr a sense of being a bit hungover from it (a bit spaced out and minor dull headache) so didn't make a connection, but maybe it's linked somehow. I'll keep an eye on myself physically today.

Thanks for that info.

Criticising people's spelling! 😂

Getting your news only once a day from print media can help.

Rolling news channels amplify everything. Other broadcasters can also amplify worries by the way they phrase things - yes BBC I'm talking about you and your stock phrase "how worried should we be?" which in itself suggest worry.

Nope, no alcohol. But I have a migraine hangover (that's what I call the day after a migraine!) so maybe it's related.. I hadn't thought about that as a connection til a previous poster just posted something upthread. Thanks! 👍

Ah OP, it's horrible to have the low-level dread. You are not being silly.

BUT you can only control what you can control. It's good to stay informed on lots of different issues but vary your content - algorithms are very present. What you interact with will fuel your default position.

Things that will always make you feel better is time with people you love, fresh air, good food, exercise and creative outlets. Plus checking in on your hormones if you have a monthly cycle.

And, one of the first things I did as a new people manager was write out the word duarhea fifty times in case I had to write it in a return to work form in front of anyone. As you can see, it didn't work! :D

Ps. Thankful for spellcheck: diarrhoea

You are feeling unwell so more likely to notice all that is bad in the world. Stay away from the news for a day or two and have some extra vitamin C and maybe vitamin D.

Extra fruit or juice and you are likely to start feeling better.

Happy birthday brbg2g :) I'm sure all will be well and I'm just imagining this! (It's my son's birthday next week, so if it could hold off until December - or maybe January so we can enjoy Christmas too! that would be good!!)

Sorry! Hopefully it's just the remnants of my migraine playing tricks on my brain :) 🤞

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@MigraineHangover

Seriously, do not worry. I am much much older than you and I can promise you that right from decades ago in the last century there have been times where the world has felt like it has been teetering on a knife edge.
Berlin Wall went up, Cuban missile crisis, atomic bomb tests left right and centre, Chinese cultural revolution, Cold war, Arab Israeli conflicts, Coups, Vietnam, Revolutions, Terrorist attacks, Idi Amin .... and that's just off the top of my head!

The world keeps turning, and I honestly don't think it is all much worse now than it was then.

OP please do not worry. 💐

Sadly ‘something big’ is always happening; wars, natural disasters, dreadful crimes. If you had the uneasy feeling on any day it would be correct. It’s difficult to deal with feelings of impending doom when the media thrives on it, but all anyone can do is some good in their own sphere, and live one’s life.

Thank you.

I get awful anxiety after my occasional migraines. Nothing else to add, just solidarity!

I had that sensation for three weeks before they discovered the virus in Wuhan. I then had a robust conversation with our school about it, before it became a really big thing about their contingencies, to be met with the same derision and that Ebola was well controlled etc, they were (very) sheepish afterwards!

It is a thing op, and might just be something that happens in your life or in your wider world. It’s hard to pinpoint what ‘it’ is, there is a lack of detail so it is uncertain what is coming. Just something is.

Of course it could be GAD in which case it might be an idea to see the GP.

And you've probably had feelings before, but this time it was at the right time.

Shitty things are happening all over the world all the time

Exactly, something happens every day. Whether you react to seeing it as something big or not depends how it affects you personally.

The war in Sudan never makes the news for example, even though it's horrifically bad.

And the Chagos Islands thing barely gets a mention even though the UK and US are very closely tied into it, but it seems to be a big deal for the people who live there.

I wouldn't worry about anything major more happening this year. It will be next year that's terrifying.