What is your "go to" stress reliever?
 
            
                
                    deteriminedAMY                
                
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                    As I am still recovering from surgery, it's hard for me to do much of anything right now but I will get on the treadmill and put some music on and walk for a good 30 minutes. This helps                 
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            Playing My Guitar 4 4
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            For me running makes everything better, even if it is just for a short while. Walking and listening to music is a close #2 stress reliever..5
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            Wish I knew How !
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            Exercise
 Music (I love showtunes and New Country and I have every Mary Chapin Carpenter CD save one)
 Writing
 One of the feral cats I feed probably didn't start out that way. Over the last four years, he's become a loving and lovable little guy. (But only around me. If anyone else comes into view, he will bolt.) Cuddling him is a big help.1
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            Hey, it's called "chit-chat"! So..... There are no strikes here!!!2
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            Activities: Cycling and Aikido
 Barring those: Cherry Garcia  1 1
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            Music or going on a walk.1
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            Jogwalking, landscape photography, self-compassion meditation1
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            A good book, walking, swim, computer games, bubble bath or long shower. Other things, also. 1 1
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            fencing and blacksmithing.4
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            Walking in a forest and listening to music 
 For way too many years it was eating a bunch of garbage and drinking beer...which I now try to walk off in a forest lol...2
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            Choking my friends (I do Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) I also love stabbing my friends, but I had to choose between fencing and Jiu Jitsu due to classes clashing...3
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            Getting some quiet alone time. Just me and some music.1
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            BowlingForHollars wrote: »MrStabbems wrote: »fencing and blacksmithing.
 At the same time?
 Yes, makes for a floppy show.3
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            I started learning to play the drums last summer... when I'm completely stressed, I just grab my sticks and pound away to some Nirvana or AC/DC. 2 2
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            Singing in my car!!! Especially showtunes 
 Walking is great too.2
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            Working out and..."working out "5
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            CaptainBoing wrote: »Choking my friends (I do Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) I also love stabbing my friends, but I had to choose between fencing and Jiu Jitsu due to classes clashing...
 That's awesome! I recently got back into bjj after a long hiatus and love it...it is quite stress relieving because you're very in the moment.
 I took fencing back in college as a gym and loved that as well. At some point I want to take up kendo or iaido and play with swords/pretend I'm a Jedi again.
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            Walking, reading, writing, funny videos and sometimes drawing because my drawings are beyond *kitten* and make me laugh.2
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            I don't get stress. At least, not enough to recognize as such. Consequently, I have no stress-relief techniques.1
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            Prayer is my favorite, but, barring that, laughter works too.7
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            It's interesting to see what everyone's vice is! I have a very stressful job which has me at times working very long hours doing paperwork. My goal is looking for new ways to deal with stress as I used to grab chocolate since I'm single at the moment.1
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            art but I haven't draweded for 1year plus.1
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            Hiking in the woods4
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            exercise2
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