Brisk walk might work, although it's too hot out for me to enjoy the weather.
I know what you mean, the heat just adds to my stress. Meditation in a dark quiet cool room might be the answer. But, around here, much of the time, nobody will leave you alone long enough to get into a nice meditative state.
The bathroom. People tend to leave you alone in there.
Nuh-uh, not even if I lock the door. I have a four year old living in my house.
So there's this handout hanging on my wall, obtained during a "Managing Stress" meeting held here at The Kumpnee. It's titled, A Ten Second Stress Reliever.
If anyone tries this, please let me know whether it helps. I could never get past step 1 because it made me cry and feel worse.
I see your problem - you have the wrong text:
STRESS MANAGEMENT VISUALISATION
Picture yourself near a stream.
Birds are chirping softly in the crisp, cool mountain air.
Nothing can bother you here.
No one knows this secret place.
You are in total seclusion from that place called 'the world.'
The soothing sound of a gentle waterfall fills the air with a cascade of serenity.
The water is clear.
You can easily make out the face of the person whose head you're holding under the water.
I've found shooting things to be very therapeutic.
Takes about two hours out of your day, though, if you're in an urban area.
NTM
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Originally Posted by SharonDee
So there's this handout hanging on my wall, obtained during a "Managing Stress" meeting held here at The Kumpnee. It's titled, A Ten Second Stress Reliever.
If anyone tries this, please let me know whether it helps. I could never get past step 1 because it made me cry and feel worse.
My first thought is "I (as in, I, as a whole, emotionally, physically, and how a possible bad reaction to the situation by myself will only makes things worse) don't need this." I then clear my head and focus on the situation at hand. Even when I do show anger, it's almost always regulated, I'm still in control of myself and I'm able to think logically. I've worked on this for years and it's to the point now that it's really not conscience thought anymore. It's become part of "me".
Yeah, I still have my moments.. PMS, a bad night's sleep, feeling sick, etc are sure to bring my tolerance level down a few notches, but even during those moments, I'm still more in control and less stressed out than I used to be during those moments.
Thanks all for the contributions to the thread. I seem to be getting a bit of a handle on things.
On the advice of shrink, I have been making a point of taking a day off now and then. It helps a lot.
__________________ Hear me / and if I close my mind in fear / please pry it open See me / and if my face becomes sincere / beware Hold me / and when I start to come undone / stitch me together Save me / and when you see me strut / remind me of what left this outlaw torn
I generally curl into a ball, ignore the problem, and then hope it just goes away.
That hasn't worked so well in the past for some reason, so I've been trying to work on being positive in my thinking. Very similar to CBT. I meditate or concentrate (whichever you want to call it) on positive statements, and I repeat them to myself. Statements must be positive and no negative statements allowed.
__________________
Like a Koala that crapped a rainbow in your brain!
So not one piece of advice here helped? Not even using the bathroom and shooting things advice?
Heh. No, actually, no shooting. But some of the other advice really has helped.
__________________ Hear me / and if I close my mind in fear / please pry it open See me / and if my face becomes sincere / beware Hold me / and when I start to come undone / stitch me together Save me / and when you see me strut / remind me of what left this outlaw torn
Re: How do you calm down?
I do that too. I make it a point to take one day off a month. I call it my sanity day. 
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