Quote: "What are some stress reliving methods you use?"
The best way to relive stress is to visualise the things that stressed you. Now picture yourself in that position again.
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relieve stress I usually troll people's threads like I'm doing now
Okay, seriously, I agree with the music thing. I listen to music a lot. Easily, music is the biggest part of my life.
Sometimes, when I'm really mad though, I just gotta break something. Get yourself some planks from a hardware shop and just punch through them if you can (Yeah it hurts but it feels good too and your knuckles heal fairly quickly) or kick through them if you can't punch hard. Failing that, get an axe and a pile of logs and start chopping wood (I advise you wear thick work gloves. It's not as easy as the movies make it look).
If you'd prefer a less barbaric route (then shame on you), maybe just try going to the beach or a forest and watching nature. If you relax long enough your eyes start to notice everything moving. Suddenly you'll realise there are all these flying or crawling bugs you just never noticed before. It's pretty cool, even for someone like me who doesn't go out much. And sunsets are great too.
But perhaps you need to learn to control your mind better. You have many options for this from martial arts disciplines to meditation retreats. There's quite a lot of useful stuff in eastern philosophies and learning to manipulate your mind helps keep the stress demons away.
Hope some of this helps
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