I learned in high school that doing everything at the last minute stresses me out and I did a shittier job. I forced myself to finish projects early, I’d have more time to polish them before they were due, I felt good about myself and way less anxious.

Once you have a deadline for a project/assignment etc just act like that deadline is a week earlier. Obviously only works for “big” projects that you know of in advance but those are often a huge source of stress.

Honestly the glamorization of procrastination/slackerism vs being methodical and organized in a boring way has probably needlessly stressed out a lot of people.

Some of these unexplained symptoms are rare, difficult to make diagnoses, but the vast majority are transient, harmless, “junk” symptoms we all experience which eventually disappear.

Think: “…that stomach ache, was it the sashimi from yesterday?” Or “how did I sleep last night, my neck is killing me!”

Key thing for GPs to do in vast majority of cases is make sure there are no “red flags” suggesting something dangerous (eg. early cancer) and then provide reassurance, offer symptom relief, and get out of the way of the body doing its thing.

Lastly, also need to take others symptoms and suffering seriously… just because it’s not medically explainable doesn’t mean it isn’t affecting someone. Make sure to offer to revisit if things change or worsen, and show you care. If things persist, think harder and get another opinion.

Made this mistake. Donated blood at uni, forgot that I had done that, went to a party, drank normally, got drunker than ever, barfed on my future in-laws’ bathroom carpet. A sad day.