How do you handle stress?

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Mon May 16, 2005 6:52 pm

I know I read a post on this somewhere - but wanted to know......

When you feel like everything is going wrong ~what do you do to pick yourself up??

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Mon May 16, 2005 6:55 pm

A couple hours on the gun range blasting the tar out of almost anything inanimate really does it for me. That or a nice massage.

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:02 pm

I used to cut grass. It helped me to release my frustrations. The arthritis stopped that so now I try to pamper myself by soaking in a bubble bath, doing my nails, etc.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:23 pm

FLOPSTOCK,

So true, playing with kids, be they babies up to teens can get your mind back on track.. Kids have a way of keeping you centered.. YOU DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF, AND GET BACK TO LIVING..

Jika · Post by **Jika** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:24 pm

Might sound like a strange pick-me-up and it depends on the situation but I like to have a damn good cry. (privately) It's like a steam release valve or something. Usually feel better afterwards and just get on with whatever...

koan · Post by **koan** » Mon May 16, 2005 9:24 pm

Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't.

Options:

*draw a zen card to get a new perspective.

*think back to the last time I thought I couldn't take it and remember how I survived

*make lists

*read my tarot (difficult to have clear perspective but makes me feel better)

*garden

*get drunk (procrastinate)

*tell people I will never speak to them again (or at least for the weekend :wah: )

*laugh at myself

usually in that order

Jika · Post by **Jika** » Mon May 16, 2005 9:39 pm

:wah: koan I like your checklist. especially the drinking bit. I might write it down and adopt it for myself.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Mon May 16, 2005 9:41 pm

i just sit out on my porch and shoot the beer cans out of my neighbors' hands.

Jika · Post by **Jika** » Mon May 16, 2005 9:56 pm

lady cop wrote: i just sit out on my porch and shoot the beer cans out of my neighbors' hands.

Eek! :wah: so what are you gonna do when you get to the UK?

devist8me · Post by **devist8me** » Mon May 16, 2005 9:57 pm

I take a nap. If I can't sleep, I'll clean or surf the internet to get my mind off the problem.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Mon May 16, 2005 10:00 pm

Jika wrote: Eek! :wah: so what are you gonna do when you get to the UK?relieve stress in other, more creative ways.

Jika · Post by **Jika** » Mon May 16, 2005 10:08 pm

Oh you mean ping-pong and scrabble of course... :wah:

persephone · Post by **persephone** » Tue May 17, 2005 4:26 am

I tend to exercise it out, using 3 main forms of exercise... Walking, bike riding or sex

pink princess · Post by **pink princess** » Tue May 17, 2005 6:59 am

i used to go for a bike ride when i was younger but now my bike is seriously uncomfy and the roads i live by are quite busy.....

so now i tend to clean if im stressed, that or have a good old natter to my better half and have him rub my feet or give me a back rub!!

Jives · Post by **Jives** » Tue May 17, 2005 7:03 am

I power up the Playstation 2 and get immersed in a videogame. Blasting the tar out of aliens helps me quite a bit.

persephone · Post by **persephone** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:13 am

I clean at night for the obvious reason of the unsafe streets in London, and the last time I stormed out of the house in a mood in the middle of the night, I got lost... Did calm me down though

minks · Post by **minks** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:49 am

super stress... I clean like mad, and mad I usually am. I unplug the phone, I turn on the stereo and I send the kid off to someone elses house and go to town.

Moderate stress, I will bike or walk or go onto my fave website and create silly little flowers or snowflakes to calm me down. Very soothing and takes my mind away for a bit.

minks · Post by **minks** » Tue May 17, 2005 1:40 pm

skittles2004 wrote: Wow, we got some Monica's in here!

Sad ain't it. You would think with age we would be more creative.

telaquapacky · Post by **telaquapacky** » Tue May 17, 2005 2:58 pm

mominiowa wrote: I know I read a post on this somewhere - but wanted to know......

When you feel like everything is going wrong ~what do you do to pick yourself up??I pray about it. Then I put on my running shoes and run.

jasmund · Post by **jasmund** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:36 pm

undefinedSometimes if I am only moderately stressed I drink a coke and chocolate covered cashews-Thats a moderate day.

-For the big stuff I mess with double bladed sarcasum to my extremely rude patients so they leave not quite knowing what I ment.

Yes this is small but hey, gotta have some kind of fun when your getting bitched at for 10 to 14 hours.

-Jasmund

cars · Post by **cars** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:20 pm

No one has mentioned watching TV. When I used to be ocassionally stressed from my high pressure job, I would come home, bark at the wife, (god bless her) and turn on TV and watch some friverlious little dittie-the furthest thing from reality, and that totally relaxed me within minutes. Worked every time!

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:17 pm

For me this used to be a biggy, I was always anxious about something.

Not so much anymore, now I talk myself down. If its something I can change I

decide the best way to go about it, if its not then I breathe deep and allow myself

enough room to just be human. I can only do so much and if Im doing my best

then thats enough. I find that by remaining calm Im able to ease myself out of a

tough situation and keep my thinking clear. Have confidence that your ok and it

will pass.........it always does. The more I practice this the more it becomes who

I am and the way I function. Eventually it becomes your way.

Hang in there ! :-6

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 6:11 pm

When I was a teen I chopped wood or mowed the lawn ... or whatever punishment was given me.

Now that I'm grown and over-analyze everything anyway, I over-analyze why I'm so stressed out. The very exercise of it burns off the anger, stress, etc.

jasmund · Post by **jasmund** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 3:21 am

Far Rider, (Creative Madness) I like that, the possibilities are endless