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What is your "go to" stress reliever?

deteriminedAMY
Posts: 22 Member
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 Guitar4
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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 Garcia1 -
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
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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 -
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 -
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
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Singing in my car!!! Especially showtunes
Walking is great too.2 -
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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