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Wed Oct-04-06 10:40 PM
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How do you cope with it? Do you have any special little tricks that help you keep it under control? I'm not talking pharmaceutical stress relief...just regular-type stuff.
I'm wide open to suggestions.
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Wed Oct-04-06 10:42 PM
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1. I try to get in a good 20 minutes of butt-sniffing a day-to relieve stress |
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and to keep myself abreast of the neighborhood news.
Oh, wait... kinda combining two threads there....
nevermind.
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Wed Oct-04-06 10:44 PM
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3. Well, if you go around sniffing butts for 20 minutes a day, |
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you'll BE the neighborhood news.
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Thu Oct-05-06 12:20 AM
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34. That's a good point. Be kind of interesting reading about myself in |
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another butt. Um... er, maybe I didn't phrase that very well.
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Thu Oct-05-06 12:23 AM
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would be a nose for news.
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Wed Oct-04-06 10:43 PM
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Or I play some computer games.
If I had my way I'd be on a massage table, but that's not happening. :(
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Wed Oct-04-06 10:46 PM
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6. Computer games tend to put me to sleep |
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Maybe I'm playing the wrong ones?
I do like to cook...which is probably a good thing, considering that I also like to eat.
Mmmm...a massage sounds so good right about now.
Soon. Very soon.
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Wed Oct-04-06 10:44 PM
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4. Booze, and lots of it... |
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it use to be stricktly cigs, but since I quit, I'm a raging alcoholic...
other than that, music, guitar, reading...
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Wed Oct-04-06 10:49 PM
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7. I like my music...mostly listen in the car, though |
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and crank it way up when something I like comes on. Heh...and then crank it again for the next one I like. And then, when it's time to go home at the end of the night and I turn it on...
:scared:
I love to read. I like to write but that doesn't always relieve stress. If I'm anxious about something, writing seems to make it worse.
Weird, huh?
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Wed Oct-04-06 10:58 PM
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14. music usually calms me |
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down pretty quickly...but music can also make me pumped up/excited...its weird how music is...:)
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Wed Oct-04-06 11:07 PM
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18. Depends on the music and the mood |
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Sometimes, if I'm feeling kinda down or stressed, music motivates me. Doesn't exactly calm me, but it helps me to focus and turn it in a more positive direction which is what I really need for it to do.
As far as calming, I don't think I get that....excited....often. For the most part, I'm amost disturbingly quiet and reserved.
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Wed Oct-04-06 10:46 PM
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Wed Oct-04-06 10:50 PM
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Sounds like a plan.
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Wed Oct-04-06 10:52 PM
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Wed Oct-04-06 10:53 PM
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11. Which one of us is gonna be drunk? |
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Wed Oct-04-06 10:58 PM
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I'm so old, I remember. :cry:
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Wed Oct-04-06 10:51 PM
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9. Next person who calls you to complain |
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tell 'em, "I'm sorry — where did you say you studied journalism?"
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Wed Oct-04-06 10:55 PM
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God, wouldn't that be great? One of these days....
Or when they call to bitch about what is or isn't on TV, tell 'em..."And I'm supposed to do what, exactly? The tee vee station is over -----------> there."
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Wed Oct-04-06 11:07 PM
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"Oh, I know you're not in the same building. But you work together!"
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Wed Oct-04-06 11:12 PM
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Something like that, anyway.
Me, the tee vee people and the newspaper fairy. We're all bosom buddies.
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Wed Oct-04-06 11:25 PM
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24. Leave your bosom out of it |
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Wed Oct-04-06 11:28 PM
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27. Well, then I'll need every bit of ammunition I've got at my disposal... |
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If I wanna use my bosom, I'll use my bosom.
Such as it is.
And you can't stop me, so there.
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Wed Oct-04-06 11:49 PM
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Thu Oct-05-06 12:04 AM
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if I defend myself, the thread gets locked and...and...
No. Fair.
Hmmmph.
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Thu Oct-05-06 12:06 AM
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32. Reminds me of an old 'Little Annie Fanny' strip |
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When she joined the Air Force. :evilgrin:
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Thu Oct-05-06 12:10 AM
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She ain't got nothin' on Little Annie Fanny, but the outfit's the same.
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Wed Oct-04-06 10:57 PM
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13. My dear reyd reid reed! |
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Lately, my stress reliever is poetry!
I've got a thread running with today's poem right now......
It really seems to help me......for the moment at least!
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Wed Oct-04-06 11:04 PM
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16. Sometimes I like poetry.... |
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depends a lot on my mood.
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Wed Oct-04-06 11:05 PM
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17. I massage my temples... |
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and my forehead, concentrating on the area near the bridge of my nose.
Works great, most of the time.:hi:
If someone is around who can massage my shoulders and lower back, even better!
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Wed Oct-04-06 11:08 PM
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21. I've been doing a lot of the temple/forehead thing lately. |
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It does help, I just wish it lasted longer.
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Wed Oct-04-06 11:07 PM
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19. My high school had a motto which seemed like a potent |
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stress reliever--
"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might."
The trick is not getting carpal tunnel.
I can freely admit to having tried drinking, writing (poetry and fiction) and trying little herbal things like valerian, damiana, etc. But really, finding a hobby at which you excell (even working out, sports, something you do that doesn't give you a stress-reaction) seems to be the ticket. Also, sometimes it helps to identify the source of your stressors, to see if you can eliminate something stressful--a "friend" who is really a drag, a situation at work that you really don't need, a drama-seeking person who creates stress, or even a situation where you are shouldering responsibility that others around you can pick up. Sometimes you just need to vent to someone, or at least share your stress, to make it seem less.
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Wed Oct-04-06 11:11 PM
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22. Okay...I've really gotta do something about the way my mind tends to work. |
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That struck me in a manner that was ENTIRELY unintentional by the well-meaning educators at your high school.
I'm sooooo ashamed.
:blush:
I've been thinking about starting an exercise program...I figure that way maybe I can relieve some of the stress, tone up, and stay busy. Seems like a win-win-win to me.
Now I've just gotta motivate...
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Wed Oct-04-06 11:27 PM
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26. I believe the post had all the intent you imply. |
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When you are done with the hand exercise consider a nice walk, amble, stroll or saunter. No fitness walking or constitutionals please.
Also a nice thing to do is to wash your eyelids with warm tea(no sugar). Just dip a finger in and wipe. It's sort of a crying substitute for me since I am so macho.
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Wed Oct-04-06 11:29 PM
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28. Y'know...I've heard of the tea thing before... |
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just might work. Macho I ain't, but I don't like to cry; which could be part of the reason for all this pent-up stress.
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Wed Oct-04-06 11:26 PM
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Wed Oct-04-06 11:30 PM
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That's supposed to do wonders when it comes to relieving stress...
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