Lately in the past 3 weeks I've been feeling like total *ish*
I've always had a strong mentality to make myself feel better but sometimes a person can only handle so much. What are your stress reflief tactics. What makes you tick? How do you overcome these battles inside your head? I can do with some advice from all sources & walks of life.. help me keep my sanity.. *Oh but I am okay.. but for how long..
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My tactic for dealing with stress is ...
My tactic for dealing with stress is watching Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and bawling my eyes out.
Thats super. Theynever fail to make me ...
Thats super. Theynever fail to make me cringe inside.. they're ever so emotional that programme.. award winning i tell ya.. Positivity to the extreme. Thats a great suggestion. Very female.
drink, drugs and a killing spree on ...
drink, drugs and a killing spree on grand theft auto II
Heh, I've learnt never to go for a ...
Heh, I've learnt never to go for a drive straight after playing GTA . . . . still, does get rid of the 'ish'ness
As long as you keep it like that.. ...
As long as you keep it like that.. drink, drugs & game straight after, no going out & allowing the world to accidently get on your nerves I guess.
Crank out my favourite comedy DVDs to ...
Crank out my favourite comedy DVDs to cheer me up. One Foot in the Grave, Father Ted, Futurama, and it's all good!
Either that or do nothing, and usually I forget I was ever feeling low by the nexy day.
okay.. lets say you've been there, ...
okay.. lets say you've been there, done that & now you're at your lowest point when that doesn't seem to cut it no more. What can really do? Its like there is a time when you can feel like total total messed up ish..
If I knew the answer to that I ...
If I knew the answer to that I wouldn't have totally gone off the rails last year!
But what I did do after some bad times was have a total change of scenery - not always practical, but did the trick for me.
Nice. Im actually gonna join the gym to ...
Nice. Im actually gonna join the gym to keep away from all the people thats been in my scene lately. Good tactic to round up for the summer.
You should try my gym - Mania Women's ...
You should try my gym - Mania Women's Sportfighting in Morningside. I'll give you a free lesson. Best stressbuster I ever tried. And the people are nice.
:-) sportfighting .. people are very ...
:-) sportfighting .. people are very nice ... :-) ... wonder why ???
..man Im so shy about the gym but my ...
..man Im so shy about the gym but my membership starts next week. I'll consider your gym Heather one time but once I've got myself over the shy barrier. You see I haven't worked out since primary/intermediate days.. doing it now is kinda 'new' to me.. i just overcome myself & then once im in my routine i'll heavily consider your offer. Cheers.. and sportfighting.. is that just a flash name for something? Hmmmm sounds cool actually.. sport fighting..hahaha.. sounds made up too..
Yeah, I confess the fighting's pretty ...
Yeah, I confess the fighting's pretty freaky to start with. As for not working out, five months ago I was the biggest marshmallow this side of the bunny farm, Not Sporty At All. Now I'm a kickarse fighter AND trainer! Feel free to pop in and watch one time, if you'd like.
...and it's entirely a made-up sport, but John the head honcho (who devised the sport) is a top-notch martial arts expert - the fighting is combination martial arts (jujitsu, ninjitsu, aikido, some judo & karate) and wrestling.
get out your old juicer and make a nice ...
get out your old juicer and make a nice fresh apple, lemon and ginger juice, then go sit in the sun.
follow it by a nice chunk of almond chocolate.
another option is to write a really good sad song, then you realise your brilliance and you can get out your shitty rut by playing it to people...
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I like the website.. looks fresh & not ...
I like the website.. looks fresh & not too crampy. I suppose surfing the net is always the way to go, get your mind off things. Go global aye.
Put a smile on yah face and just say ...
Put a smile on yah face and just say "fuck it" ... :-)
THATS ALWAYS BEEN MY ...
THATS ALWAYS BEEN MY PHILOSOPHY..
however, in this case its been a case of: the world is sooo against me. I feel like Tupac.
But in what you say.. I guess I gotta get back on track & say Yep.. DAZ DA ONE..
get on with it. Nicely said.
You posted at 10am and it's now ...
You posted at 10am and it's now evening, so I hope you're already better. But, FWIW, I find nothing pulls me out of a foul mood better than a good meal and a beer.
An old colleague used to take full advantage of this trait. I'd be spitting blood and swearing the air blue about something at work, and she'd take me out for dinner and by the end of the meal I was happy as larry. I guess nice food and drink is pleasurable even if you're not down in the dumps, but there ya go...
Another thing that soothes my nerves is walking (some people prefer riding a bike). A meandering walk with my iPod on is a good way to forget about whatever crappy thing happened.
If you live on your own, another alternative is to get roaring drunk and watch your favourite DVDs (as has already been pointed out). The ones that succeed most in making me feel better are Red Dwarf, Blackadder and an American obscurity, Space Ghost Coast to Coast.
//You posted at 10am and it's now ...
//You posted at 10am and it's now evening, so I hope you're already better.
Thanks. Yeah its been up & down really. When I posted i was fairly slightly okay, in the arvo my boss pulls me up about something crappy, said he was gonna refer me onto HR & that set it off even more.. went home, locked myself up & forgot about the world. Next day my boss pulls me up again & says.. "Hey look I've thought about it & I don't think its necessary to be get HR involved" so its been ups & downs. Im on a wavy path. I do feel better at the end & every morning despite feeling like shi* Its always a case of 'Well, at least Im breathing it today'. Always good. Thanks all the same, i feel better just to let all my thoughts run wild on these forums. Fellow humans much appreciated.
Take a dump...
Take a dump
Yeah but what if you got nothing to ...
Yeah but what if you got nothing to dump cos you aint been eating..hahaha.. naah.. just being tacky. I suppose getting rid of everything in your system is good but doesn't solve the problem just makes you feel lighter. I like that frame of mind though.
Is ish like meh? Ccoz I feel so meh ...
Is ish like meh? Ccoz I feel so meh today.
Like whe you see a truck hurtling towards you as you cross the road, so you start walking slower haha.
Come on all, "ish" is a euphemism for ...
Come on all, "ish" is a euphemism for "shit" in hip-hop, been around a good decade or so now... comes from the sound of reversing the word "shit".
Never knew that. I'm out of touch....
Never knew that. I'm out of touch.
Me either....
Me either.
Although I never really acknowledged it ...
Although I never really acknowledged it as such, I had fairly bad depression in my teens & early 20s. There were some really dark days, where I'd be sitting there with my head in my hands, trying to logicalise a way out of my horror and seeing none, as if my head would be stuck in this swirling black spin forever. Probably if someone had told me that I suffered from depression and not due comeuppance for whatever incident I was freaking out about, I would've been able to ride it out better.
The depression receded as I got older, but i also had an epiphany a couple of years ago - complete change in my perception of the control I had over my own life. I've noticed recently that I'm prone to minor anxiety attacks, sometimes about completely innocuous things. At least now I know that I just have to ride it out, or I'll just force myself to focus on something else, like listening to happy music. And St Johns Wort does a good job too.
Man, that's pretty heavy - my point was supposed to be that the nature of Ish days seems to have changed over the years.
I guess in some, maybe most cases ... ...
I guess in some, maybe most cases ... time mends things .. glad you moved on heather .. :-) it's nice having control of your head space ...
I must also throw out mad props to the ...
I must also throw out mad props to the st johns wort, and also the exercise. I know though that it can be fucking annoying to hear someone say "have a banana, go for a walk" if you can't even get out of bed, but if you're in recovery and maintanence mode, some serious breathlessness every day really is the shit. If you don't want to join a gym, turn up some cheesy ass music and dance around the house for 20 minutes.
Oh yeah... I have Joanna to thank for ...
Oh yeah... I have Joanna to thank for the st johns wort tip. I'll take credit for her boxing. :-]
//it's nice having control of your ...
//it's nice having control of your head space ...
Yeah, that really was the clincher for me, mainly because the depression was a reaction to external pressure. I *think* I relied on events or people that were out of my control to make me happy. Then when bad things happened, I've have to deal with the bad stuff, AND the feeling of being out of control of my own life. The epiphany was the final realisation that I don't have to rely on external factors to be happy. Took long enough!
but why would you want control of your ...
but why would you want control of your 'headspace'. If things suck they suck.
I would argue that things only ever ...
I would argue that things only ever suck if you choose to let them suck. Life is what you make it.
// I would argue that things only ever ...
// I would argue that things only ever suck if you choose to let them suck.
Interestingly, in Ze Frank's video blog today, he talked about research that suggests most people have a 'baseline' level of happiness, and, whatever happens to you, you tend to fall back to that baseline regardless. Win lotto? Short-term happiness, then back to normal. Family dies in car crash. Sad for a bit, then back to normal. Ze's examples are funnier, actually...
Anyway, the thing that was interesting was that it was the prevalence of choice that really makes people unhappy. With so many options, people get stressed about making the 'right' choice, when, in fact, *any* choice will ultimately lead you to the same level of happiness (ie. back to your baseline).
I may have all this wrong, of course. For Ze's take on it, go here...
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OH! Duh, I just got the Ish reference. ...
OH! Duh, I just got the Ish reference. Moby Dick, right?