u/AdequateRoarer

It doesn’t seem like what’s going on should be enough to cause burnout, but I don’t know, so I thought I’d ask here.

Yesterday I needed to go hang up my art at a gallery for a showing. Cool. The problem was it was SOO noisy. Construction was going on next door, plus the door was open so you could really hear it, people were walking in and talking/yelling constantly, and the room was *really* echoey. I got a headache almost immediately and was so overstimulated. There were issues with the hooks and wires for hanging so I had to stay there fixing and hanging stuff for almost four hours while the noise banged and yelled on.

Also, a few days ago, I found out my cat is really sick. The vet suspects a brain tumor. I have to take him to an animal hospital five hours away. I love this cat (Caspian) so much and don’t know what I’d do without him. He’s sixteen and I’ve had him since he was eight weeks old.

Today, I woke up and was so anxious. I canceled my doctors appointment because I couldn’t imagine driving, and I’m just sitting here trying to breathe. It’s like my system doesn’t understand that the danger isn’t happening right now? I feel like I did yesterday in that echoey place but I’m not there. I just want to curl up and cry. I want this constant anxiety to stop and to feel comfortable in my skin again. What do I do? What do I NOT do? Any and all advice is appreciated.