How do you deal with stress?

[Longgrain]

Since these seem to be stressful times for many of us.

For me, unfortunately I smoke. Not to mention the occasional beer binge.

Last summer, when I lost the last woman I was seriously involved with, I spent months driving around New England taking pictures, trying to forget...

So how about you? What's you classic stress relief?

[AlCzervik]

1. I smoke, i know filthy habit, drink a lot of coffee and tea

and i clean, i'll be working on cleaning out the thing that i think is my garage, it's to tell with all the crap in it.

[Longgrain]

5. I know about the smoking and the coffee...

I really have to try and quite soon but, it seems like I've been smoking more and more each day...

But caffeine is usually good.

[shesemsmom]

15. I clean too

here lately I could maybe use some stress. That is better than kicking the neighbor.

[AlCzervik]

28. very true, but man i would love to kick my neighbor!!!

actually her moran son he keeps parking in front of my house just enough to make backing out of my driveway problematic.

[shesemsmom]

44. I would LOVE to kick my neighbor too!!

He has no license to drive for the REST of his life yet he continues to get drunk and drive. The man can be so drunk that he has to crawl to his car but he gets and and drives perfectly. He just got busted again 2 weeks back so he will be good to more. And when I see him get in that car I'll call the cop until they get tired of it and send him to the penitentiary. He must have one good lawyer if that were me I'd be under the jail. Of course that is only a small part of his shunanigans. He causes plenty of trouble around here, another good reason to keep him in jail. My sympathy to you, I have that problem a crossed the street, but at least they dont drink till they are to drunk to walk and drive on the sssame hi way my kid is coming home on geeeeeeess

[samplegirl]

16. i agree

sometimes if you can just divert your mind keeping busy that
can relieve stress for me too.

[foreigncorrespondent]

2. I usually sit down...

...put some classical music on and begin (or finish) creating my computer generated art.

[Longgrain]

6. Music, of any kind is always good, tho classical or jazz always works

for me at least...

[KitchenWitch]

3. I get snarky on DU

LOL :evilgrin:

I can't get stressed out, I am a carrier!

[Ladyhawk]

29. LOL. Some people actually enjoy flamefests. I don't.

To each his own, I suppose. Nobody is forcing me to click on the threads in GD...and I ain't gonna, either. PTHTHTHTHTH

:D

I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings and I don't want to get hurt just now, so I'm staying away. :)

[KitchenWitch]

33. LOL

I actually do not enjoy flamefests but I just make cynical, jaded and sarcastic posts.

I float over to GD a few times a day, but spend most of my time in the Lounge, so I guess I am a lightweight!

[radwriter0555]

4. Tranquilizers as in Clonapin. That stuff ROCKS.

Love a good happy pill now and then!!!!

[samplegirl]

12. sometimes you just have to

ah!!!!!the feeling of complete calm nothing like it.

[radwriter0555]

48. YES. The BLISS of having the mind's rat wheel sloooowly come to a halt

and that little relentless, tireless rat in your head just slooooooows down and finally "RELAXES"... and things just become easier to deal with, you get more organized and you SLEEP.

[Ladyhawk]

31. radwriter...you and I have the same vice. :D

That stuff is great.

A few times I got panic attacks and intractable neck pain at the same time and got a shot of demerol. That stuff is absolutely wonderful. If I ever became the type to mainline, I'd mainline demerol.

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. I immerse myself in my children and MrG! Sometimes I write.

Sometimes I drink tea. It depends on the stress and what's available to me at the time. :hi:

[Longgrain]

10. Family is always great, just doing something with others helps...

Oh course, if you know me, writing and painting are also very good releases. (and better on my liver than drinking):D

[Left Is Write]

8. Exercise.

If I just want to burn off ordinary stress, I work up a good sweat. If I'm feeling angry or very frustrated, lifting weights while listening to Led Zeppelin or AC/DC or Def Leppard helps.

And sometimes, a nice relaxing glass of wine is just the ticket.

[short bus president]

9. drugs.

alcohol and/or marijuana.

exercise is good, too, but easier with the marijuana than the alcohol.

[Longgrain]

14. If it were readily available, believe me, marijuana would be my first

choice over tobacco or alchol...

at this point in my life, I'm wishing I never started smoking the other stuff...

[Jamastiene]

20. It's been SOOO long since

I had a dance with mary jane. I miss her incredibly. Damn the piss tests and hair tests and sniff tests and...

[Az]

11. Due to ADhD I tend to shift my stress relief around

Sometimes its gaming (PC and Console). Sometimes its reading (Psych, Philo, Physics, SciFi, etc). Sometimes it's Anime. Sometimes its foreign films. Sometimes it stomping around trying to figure out what it is currently.

[shanti]

13. well, it's like this

:smoke: :beer: :evilgrin:

[Redstone]

17. I find a Freeper and beat the living shit out of him...

then close his unconscious fingers around a picture of Hilary Clinton, hi ho.

Redstone

[Longgrain]

19. HAHAHAHAHAHA! LOL!

:rofl:

[Redstone]

25. Hey, try it. It works real well.

You'll stroll away whistling a jaunty tune.

Redstone

[Longgrain]

46. Maybe I will...I could use a song in my heart right now...

:)

[Jamastiene]

18. My BIG thing

when dealing with stressful situations while I am IN the situation is to think about how nice it will be when I get home and my head hits the pillow. I imagine myself finally finished with the stressful situation. This especially works when the situation seems to be lasting forever and taking all day long.

If I'm still stressed when I get home, however, I do something else. I can't say it directly without getting your thread locked or getting my post deleted, I'm afraid. Let's just say I'm an expert fisherman. :evilgrin:

[Bok_Tukalo]

21. Listen to R.E.M. set at a high volume

Lay on my back on the floor arms stretched, palms up, and sing along.

It's usually goes away by the time "Green Grow the Rushes" is playing and definitely gone by "Wendell Gee" which mellows me out.

[Longgrain]

24. Ah, I often do the "just laying on the floor" thing...

Put on some music, and just lay there with arms and legs outstretched, thinking of nothing.

Not a bad way to spend an hour or so...

[LynzM]

22. Depends on the kind of stress

If it's emotional stress or pain, it tends to come out in the form of shaking (anxiety-type) and stomachache, and I stop eating, pretty much. If it's just need-to-get-stuff-done stress or work stress, usually, I can up my energy for a while to get a bunch done, and crash later with a glass of wine and some time on DU, or reading, or hanging out with my husband... all good things! :)

[Wapsie B]

23. Besides drink a lot?

I'm pretty much done doing that. I'm trying power walking now to decompress everyday. And to shape up too.

[WindRavenX]

26. walk, write poetry, listen to music but it depends on the type of stress-

For academic: I try to avoid drinking when I'm stressed; but I'll smoke when it gets really hectic.
For emotional stress: I write. A lot. Poetry. Go for a walk. Listen to soothing music.
I have an overactive mind and if I get in a loop related to emotional stress- esp. now when I'm still in grief over the shit that happened to the one I love last month- and it sucks =(

[Longgrain]

45. Poetry is always good, with spring coming, you could walk more too

Bring a book and read at the Public Gardens...

It'll do you some good...

[Ladyhawk]

27. One word. Klonopin.

My doc is cutting my dosage. That ought to be interesting.

[YankeyMCC]

30. When I'm trapped

at my desk or inside I chew gum. I mean whole 5 piece packs of Double-mint at a time.

When I can I get out and hike, preferably up a New England "mountain".

[nytemare]

32. Batting cages

Nothing as theraputic as clobbering a softball.

[FuzzySlippers]

34. I shoot up a McDonalds every now and then.

No, actually, exercise is good; music is good. But I also love benzodiazepines.

[Longgrain]

36. No wonders your a 400 pound guy...

All that MickyD'd and Bennies...

[NJCher]

35. gardening or playing with my cat

Either one does it for me in no time. When I'm stressed out I get TMJ attacks. They are the nastiest thing known to all of humankind.

When that happens, I just go out to my garden and putter around. Pretty soon I'm busy with some project and I've entirely forgotten what I was stressed out about.

Same thing goes for hanging out with a kitty. They have a way of doing goofy things that make me laugh. Like Greenlee, for example, will crawl under a blanket and then walk with the blanket on her like she's a ghost.


Cher

[Longgrain]

37. My little Boston terrier always cheers me up, even if only for a few

minutes in the morning, and a few minutes at night...

Just having animals around can be a great relief...

[bleedingheart]

38. Gardening for me too!!!

best stress reliever...

[SOteric]

39. I nuzzle with my kitty.

If I have time, a long hot soak in the tub, or I put on some old Motown and whip up something tastey in the kitchen.

A most excellent stress release is to phone someone special, or a longtime friend and just vent, talk, giggle or cry until unwinding is acheived.

[SOteric]

41. D'oh!

Forgot to mention writing. An exercise I call "writing down to the bones" where I just write (or type) every thought that fills my head as fast as I can. Most of it is crap in terms of literary value, but some really good emotional revelations always come of it.

[Ladyhawk]

42. I cuddle with my parrot, too. It helps.

I admit to still using a teddy bear at night. Actually, I started the habit after I broke up with the last boyfriend.

[mark414]

40. 420

[Speck Tater]

43. Meditate. OM. (nt)

[SarahB]

47. I isolate...

When I'm at my most stressed, I avoid most other humans (very few people do I like to show much of myself to because most people I have found are ultimately not very trustworthy which is why I sometimes can understand when people I care about end up doing the same thing). Then I tend to do projects of some sort. A few years ago, right before all my marriage stress finally made me crumble like a pile of jello, I refinished floors, painted walls, refinished furniture, and all kinds of artsy crafty stuff. I'm a keep-myself-busy kind of person. Like I said on another thread, I don't smoke, don't drink much, don't eat too much, or gamble, so I read lots, do lots of projects, or find other more "special" ways to relieve stress. It works anyway.

[Longgrain]

50. Being alone is often the best thing you can do...

I like your ideas.

[trof]

49. Migraines.

I deal with stress by getting an opthalmic migraine. Makes me forget all about the stress.
;-)

[kittycat1164]

51. unfortunately, I seize

After brain surgery and 2 and a half years seizure free, a particularly stressful year has sent me spiraling back to seizing daily. I've had one grand mal, but many auras and peti mals daily. CRAP!!!!!!

[Sugar Smack]

52. I like to throw pies at people!

And then go home, give the kitten a kiss, and do some painting, and talk on the phone!

:)

[Longgrain]

53. Pies are for eating not throwing silly.

But I like painting idea...

[Sugar Smack]

54. PIES? NOT FOR THROWING??

Does. Not. Compute.

How d'you think I got my username?
Silly! :)

[Longgrain]

55. Kissing Kitties?

At least this what I thought, Sugar.

[Sugar Smack]

56. BWAAAAHAHAHAHAAA! *stops short*

HEY! Wait a second, I just remembered, I also like laughing. That relieves stress, too.

BTW, I happen to know that you happen to be in the same time zone as me and it happens to be eleven-ish.

*pop*

:beer:

[Longgrain]

57. I'm going to hold off on the beer for a while...

I got to get some fast food in me first. :9

MMMMMMMmmmmmmmm...FAST FOOD. :evilgrin:

[Sugar Smack]

58. I repeat:"BWAAAAAHAHAHAHA!!!!!"

My hard-boiled egg can kick your big mac's


ASS!!!!!!!

:bounce:

[Longgrain]

59. Hey, I've been eating Sushi all week, I deserve a break today...

I got to go now, I'll be back in an hour for Progmom's Program.

[Discord]

60. Take a few tokes. turn OFF the tv. Turn OFF the computer

Turn OFF the radio. And go DO something I enjoy!

[Longgrain]

61. Now that sounds like a good idea.

A little too much time in front of the media is never good. Smoke away. :smoke:

[Discord]

62. If I keep paying attention too long my head explodes...

not a pretty sight. LOL