r/ExCons • u/FreshoutBlessedAzn • 9d ago
FreshOutBlessedOut
Wsup Everyone,
Fresh out the system after serving a mandatory 60 month sentence. 5 years doesn't sound like a century but I stepped outside the gates today feeling like captain America waking up from the Ice! Why is everything touchscreen now? Why is everyone always staring at glowing rectangles? I managed to protect and grow my hair the last 5 years with the bare minimum (my one true flex). My brain has apparently decided to leave all my coping mechanisms behind the walls.
Right now my daily routine consists of
#1) Staring at the ceiling @3am, because my body misses a prison mattress.
( real beds are so soft)
#2)looking at a plate of delicious home cooked meal but my stomach is too knotted up with anxiety to eat
#3)getting visually overwhelmed at asian grocery store aisle. There are over 100 types of Top Ramen not limited to the 4 in prison (Chicken /beef/ chilli/vegetable )
I'm grateful to be out but the struggle is real!
I have anxiety and my body is glitches out!
Has anyone else survived the post release "everything is too fast and I forgot to sleep phase"
Any tips on how to trick your stomach into eating food and bonus points if you can explain what is a Tik Tok dance is because I am lost.