My job can be pretty damn stressful at times, so to spark some decision on a forum which didn't even last a week before it died: how do you personally deal with stress, whether it is at work, in school, personally? Will post for myself later.

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try to distract myself

-Masturbation
-Vidya games (preferably ones that don't make you think too hard, like competitive ones)
-Exercise (even just going for a kick of the footy)
-drawing
-puzzles
-autism shurikens
-sep6agon

I tend to put my stress aside until I can blow it off at home. But I can kinda cheat and just let go of bad feelings when I want to/when I'm aware of myself enough to do so. I don't think I've actually had to deal with as much stress as normal people when it comes to stuff like work.

No but seriously I usually just internalize it until I break and scream.

It's not very healthy, but it gets the job done.

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Usually it's work related, so I keep at it. The stress is coming from not knowing or understanding something, so the only remedy is to work at it until I do, or accept that it isn't my expertise, like maths. If it's a looming deadline, working will solve it, because doing something else to "remove" the stress doesn't actually do the job, it's making the deadline closer and the stress higher.

What I do doesn't really remove the stress, it just keeps me focused enough to work through it rather than freak out about it, get nothing done, and then have a bigger problem to solve later.

For bigger things like planning for my future and jobs and all that depressing stuff, I follow the age-old plan of "I can't stress about it if I don't think about it".

No but seriously I usually just internalize it until I break and scream.

It's not very healthy, but it gets the job done.

Spoiler

seriously though I play video games, take my dog on a walk, smoke cigs (bad bad bad), and bitch about my issues to my best friend

Hey if something is bothering you, feel free to talk to me about it. You've helped me a lot in the past and I'll do all that I can to help you.

like other people have said, find distractions if there's nothing you can reasonably do to deal with the issue, some things I do:

- gym
- music, I listen to a lot of music
- video games to some extent
- talk to my friend about it

Play Halo, listen to alex jones and vote for Trump.

Quote from: Aether on May 29, 2017, 12:08:10 PM

Quote from: Kitsuné on May 29, 2017, 10:55:23 AM

No but seriously I usually just internalize it until I break and scream.

It's not very healthy, but it gets the job done.

Spoiler

seriously though I play video games, take my dog on a walk, smoke cigs (bad bad bad), and bitch about my issues to my best friend

Internalizing stress directs it straight towards your physical health, eventually making you chronically ill or in pain.

As much as I appreciate your concern... I was really joking. I'm terrible at keeping stress in. I'm definitely a complainer and nothing is better than sitting down with the husband and best friends and bitching about our days.

That's good. Complaining isn't great for you, but not complaining can be worse if you don't quite have the capacity for apathy.

Quote from: Kitsuné on May 29, 2017, 12:58:43 PM

Quote from: Aether on May 29, 2017, 12:08:10 PM

Quote from: Kitsuné on May 29, 2017, 10:55:23 AM

No but seriously I usually just internalize it until I break and scream.

It's not very healthy, but it gets the job done.

Spoiler

seriously though I play video games, take my dog on a walk, smoke cigs (bad bad bad), and bitch about my issues to my best friend

Internalizing stress directs it straight towards your physical health, eventually making you chronically ill or in pain.

As much as I appreciate your concern... I was really joking. I'm terrible at keeping stress in. I'm definitely a complainer and nothing is better than sitting down with the husband and best friends and bitching about our days.

That's good. Complaining isn't great for you, but not complaining can be worse if you don't quite have the capacity for apathy.

I know I've read they've done studies that complaining is bad for your health. I've tried to go without complaining, but I tell you it's like an addictive drug.

Depends where the stress is coming from

Stress from work: I use it to do even BETTER work.

Emotional stress: Long Drives and Reading in some foreign place such as a bookstore or a random park

Most people find the gym a good stress reliever, and while it definitely can be sometimes, I've noticed that I'm so into the gym it's more of a necessity/job for me now and that being stressed can sometimes fuck up my workouts.

sometimes I like to walk out into the garden and just scream like a madman

I have a friend who's really good at talking shit. I'm no slouch either, so I usually just say something slick to him and air that shit out.

It's odd how relieving talking shit to someone is.