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Dealing with Stress

Started by Jasper, March 15, 2010, 02:01:50 AM

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Jasper

ITT we discuss various stress resistance techniques and methods.

My favorite: 

Imagination:  Especially for babies crying and shit like that, it helps to imagine someone you hate making those noises.  It makes you laugh, and once you've laughed at screaming babies, you'll never go back to gritting your teeth again.

Triple Zero

Quote from: Sigmatic on March 15, 2010, 02:01:50 AMImagination:  Especially for babies crying and shit like that, it helps to imagine someone you hate making those noises.  It makes you laugh, and once you've laughed at screaming babies, you'll never go back to gritting your teeth again.

Similar to my technique, which consists of imagining creative reasons as to why they are crying :)



What works really well for general stress relief is to take a nap on the couch while the first couple of tracks of Carbon Based Lifeforms - Hydroponic Garden are playing. Which is one of my favourite ambient music albums. Could also be conditioning, since I use the same tracks to meditate. Only I haven't meditated in ages, and it still works.



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Cramulus

just breathe and relax

this sounds like a no-brainer, but when you're stressed out, you breathe differently. Get into a good posture and then pump some oxygen moving through your body  - works wonders!

take a big deep breath right now, doesn't that feel better?


Laughing Yoga

This simple technique cracks me up every time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXgdSOxaCGI
(or maybe it's just that adorable laughing yogi)

Richter

I imagine how I'd deal with it as my temper wants to, and weight that against the prison term / conflaguration which would result. 

If this doesn't amuse me out of being pissed, then it gives me a solid reason to calm down anyways.  I've yet to meet an ape worth being incarcerated over.

Quote from: Cramulus on March 15, 2010, 01:45:31 PM
Laughing Yoga

This simple technique cracks me up every time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXgdSOxaCGI
(or maybe it's just that adorable laughing yogi)

There is something strange and brittle about that yogi...
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on May 22, 2015, 03:00:53 AM
Anyone ever think about how Richter inhabits the same reality as you and just scream and scream and scream, but in a good way?   :lulz:

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Jasper

He creeps me out.  His fingers are too long.

Wondering Monk

#5
If i have lots of time on my hands, i meditate, and if i dont i do the breathing thing that Cram mentioned, feels good man.  8)

Also: laughing yoga looks fun  :lulz:

PeregrineBF

I build things involving stupidly large amounts of electricity or very high voltage. When the stress is caused by budget I just make plans to build such things.
Current plans:
500kV Cockroft-Walton voltage multiplier.
4.5MHz audio-modulated phase-locked-loop solid-state class-e Tesla coil. (need oscilloscope)

Probably do the CW first, as it is significantly cheaper.

But yeah, plasma is fun.

Captain Utopia

I just ignore stress/bottle it/explain it away.  Probably not the best strategy.  Although apart from clean forgetting about important stuff (bills, tasks I don't like, etc) from time to time, I don't actually experience that much stress.


Quote from: Cramulus on March 15, 2010, 01:45:31 PM
This simple technique cracks me up every time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXgdSOxaCGI
(or maybe it's just that adorable laughing yogi)

This, however, is absolutely awesome!

DiscoUkulele

I destroy paperclips. I don't even do it consciously. I just sit there and bend them around and make bizarre little sculptures. If I don't have paperclips handy, I usually unscrew my pen, or completely take it apart if I'm really stressed out.

As far as HEALTHY ways of dealing with stress, deep breathing and meditation are the best, really.

I also really like going to the spa close by to spend some time in the isolation tank when I can afford it. It's pretty awesome.
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Cain

Shouting at children under your authority.

Dysfunctional Cunt

Kick the cat.
Yell at the kids.
Kick the kids? OK no....
Shoot someone?  Ok maybe...
Swerve like I'm going to run over that stupid biker in his tight bike shorts... this actually cheers me up especially if they fall

OK so in reality, I'm a lot like Richter, after imaginaing what I want to do, I think about the jail sentence for that.  As he said, never met a monkey worth going to jail for.

P3nT4gR4m

I Let it build up and build up and then take it out on the sea and use it to rage back at mother nature while she's trying to kill me.

Coming back home afterwards feels like someone turned the volume down.

Stress gone for a while.

Wash, rinse, repeat...

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Freeky

I eat my stress. I'm Not sure where it goes.

Fujikoma

I wait until I can get a quiet moment to go over the cause of my stress, why did this thing stress me out? Some noises and people repeating the same thing over and over are probably the hardest things for me to cope with... I especially hate people who drive around with enormous subwoofers in their cars exposing everyone to their music and ensuring their own hearing damage, I mean, why the hell does it need to be that LOUD? Especially when I'm trying to sleep.

But, I just tell myself it's a momentary inconvenience. These people are wracking up bad karma by inconsiderately running around like they're not sharing the world with everyone else, and one day, they're going to get hit with that, with interest. can't help but feel sorry for them, really... They have no IDEA what kind of horrible music the next generation of kids will listen to to shock their parents. I have it easy.

Cainad (dec.)

I stress about the fact that I'm stressing and then I pass out and wake up with chronic muscle spasms. Which I then stress about dealing with.


Halp.