Current Events > What the hell are you "suppose" to do about stress?

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I dont get it. Unless the issue causing stress is resolved, youll stress.

Activate the endocannabinoid system.

...somehow.

nut

I just don't get stressed, that seems to work.

Everybody is different and stresses about different things differently

Stress is normal. If you can make the stressor go away, do it. If you can't make it go away, you find ways to cope.

Drinking

not sure tbh. i wrote out a rant just now but deleted it because i felt embarrassed

Dreepapult posted...

Drinking

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MedeaLysistrata posted...

nut

In that order.

What you're stressed about

You realize even if you know the root cause and it's unfair to you

You just know that's how life literally goes.

I can give myself stress head aches from over focussing on problems. Its hard to enjoy anything i like until the issue is resolved.

And i get no one cares about each others stress because thats each their own personal problem but that doesnt help you not stress.

Lairen posted...

I can give myself stress head aches from over focussing on problems. Its hard to enjoy anything i like until the issue is resolved.

And i get no one cares about each others stress because thats each their own personal problem but that doesnt help you not stress.

Have you tried therapy?

TotACon posted...

Have you tried therapy?

Talking about the problems getting worse? Going to a person, paying them money, to tell them im stressed about time and money among other stresses?

Ive never liked talking to a person im paying to listen.

Do you have insurance?

Workouts and drugs, my man. Workouts and drugs

I feel the best after an energy drink but honestly 2 a day is as far as that can go.

lol @ 2 energy drinks a day to decrease stress, that's a new one

Lairen posted...

I feel the best after an energy drink but honestly 2 a day is as far as that can go.

Don't drink that garbage. Drink tea.

Waddlez posted...

Stress is normal. If you can make the stressor go away, do it. If you can't make it go away, you find ways to cope.

Pressure is normal. Stress is not. If you can cope it isnt stress, its pressure.

Glob posted...

Pressure is normal. Stress is not. If you can cope it isnt stress, its pressure.

Tomato tomato dude. Having an interview is a stressor. Stressors are normal. I would make the case that pressure is a type of stressor, like playing for a championship. It's about how you manage your stressors.

Lairen posted...

Talking about the problems getting worse? Going to a person, paying them money, to tell them im stressed about time and money among other stresses?

Ive never liked talking to a person im paying to listen.

You know very little about therapy and are very defensive about it. It's like learning a new language, they give you plenty of tools to handle stress. And yes, you pay for that, you're not paying a random person to "listen" to, you're paying for their expertise and the tools they can help you develop to handle your individual issues.

Just calm down.

TotACon posted...

You know very little about therapy and are very defensive about it. It's like learning a new language, they give you plenty of tools to handle stress. And yes, you pay for that, you're not paying a random person to "listen" to, you're paying for their expertise and the tools they can help you develop to handle your individual issues.

Its just a person. Im a person paying a person to listen to me stress out about time money and problems and to tell me what to do.

Do what works. I like the Sherlock Holmes quote, ANALYSIS: It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

and people are judgmental towards me including myself, two wrongs dont make a right.

Lairen posted...

Its just a person. Im a person paying a person to listen to me stress out about time money and problems and to tell me what to do.

A primary care doctor is just a person. I'm a person paying a person to listen to me stress out about health, pain, and problems, and to tell me what to do.

Waddlez posted...

A primary care doctor is just a person. I'm a person paying a person to listen to me stress out about health, pain, and problems, and to tell me what to do.

A hospital is just a building.

Glob posted...

Pressure is normal. Stress is not. If you can cope it isnt stress, its pressure.

This is an entirely useless distinction without some authority or formality tied to it.

distract yourself with things that don't stress you

also, if it really persists for a long time, you should probably consider just getting out of that situation entirely. life can change easily, the world is massive, and travel is easy in these modern days. just saying.

Tbh its just tight money, stress at work and the constant fear of things getting worse. Sometimes i cant help but hyper focus on these stresses and i just cant distract myself. I like video games for example but its hard to give a shit about them when im stressed.

I believe you're supposed to get messed around this cortisol stuff that incrementally strains you by wasting energy deposits and drags you closer and closer to becoming perennially lethargic every day. Something like that.

Lairen posted...

Tbh its just tight money, stress at work and the constant fear of things getting worse. Sometimes i cant help but hyper focus on these stresses and i just cant distract myself. I like video games for example but its hard to give a shit about them when im stressed.

Who or what do you have for emotional support?

A large part about seeing a therapist isn't just paying them to listen to you, but to help you find ways to deal with your stress, and even give you life advice, or possibly even medication depending on if your stress is based in something like anxiety or depression.

You need to find the things that make your stress go away, or atleast help with it. A therapist is going to be a lot more helpful in that than the internet.

Lairen posted...

Its just a person. Im a person paying a person to listen to me stress out about time money and problems and to tell me what to do.

Yes, and you should do as you're told, since that "person" dedicates their life to doing precisely that, and evidence shows it works.

Meditate. Yoga.

breathe

Why worry about the inevitable? It's bound to happen.

Get one of those squishy balls and squeeze it till it pops.

Evening_Dragon posted...

This is an entirely useless distinction without some authority or formality tied to it.

Its not useless when you have people claiming that stress is normal and to just deal with it.

Glob posted...

Its not useless when you have people claiming that stress is normal and to just deal with it.

More correctly, stress is completely normal. However, excess stress, distress, is bad.

Glob posted...

Its not useless when you have people claiming that stress is normal and to just deal with it.

I did say that stress is normal. I did not say "just deal with it." If you need me to spell out my initial post more clearly, if you can control/resolve a problem, do what you need to do to problem solve it. If you can't control/resolve it, focus on coping with your emotions/feeling better.

If you're unequipped to do so, or unsure of how to do those things, see a therapist.

Try to look at things objectively

I start fires.

Go workout