Having a bad panic attack at work.

I am overly emotional about specific things, and those emotions rise up qvick and overwhelm me. My schizophrenia makes this complicated.

A coworker was talking about water damage in their building, specifically mold that's being tested for there, and how it's dangerous enough that they may need to dispose of literally everything.

... and my apartment flooded two weeks ago... and there is a small patch of mold on the wall that I've been keeping clean...

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... and there are parts of the walls I can't see or get to... and I don't know what they look like inside... or the floors...

... and I'm having a panic attack over the possibility of needing to throw out stuffed animals that I've had since I was a child... and I'm literally tearing up over those words as I type this, because I'm an unstable mess over specific things like this.

@JulieSqveakaroo *leaves a crate of hugs*

Not sure how much it'll help but..mold is mostly a concern for things that get wet and *stay* wet. So inside the walls, maybe. Stuffed animals nah. Just dry them out the best you can-put them in a bag with silica packets if you're really concerned- and it should be fine.

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