Hey , me and my boyfriend always cook too much and we spend the day eating too much and playing games . Let me know if you or anyone else still don ' t have plans <| sep |> Those words mean a lot to me ! What you said there is very close to what my counselor has said to me so far . Clearly I slipped as I have been trying to not put myself down with criticism . Strange how its such an automatic process in my head to do it . Patience is not my strong suit but I am willing to see it though with the sessions . In terms of being high strung and stuff , I assume it can change and for some it might not . If you or anyone could tell me your experiences of becoming less highly strung I would love to hear . Is there any actions you can take , or does it just kinda fade away one day ? I used to be much much worse , I ' ve calmed down and relaxed more as I ' ve gotten older . Over the last few years I felt it might go away more and more as I got older but it seemed to pick up and get worse since last summer which is why I started getting help this year . So clearly it didin just go away even though I felt it was .