Quoting Post Topic How Do You Cope With Stress? Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] Quote: from [m]winters[/m] at 8:56 am on Feb. 17, 2007[quote]I am often told to be an innaturally calm person. Calm to an extent that I sometimes make people around me to feel uneasy, since they are not used to being around that calm people. That being said, it is very hard to make me feel very stressed, and I usually do [i]not[/i] stress over little everyday things. Whilst things might [i]worry[/i] me to an extent, they do not [i]stress[/i] me, and my dealing with them is calm. Even though the fact that I am so calm probably has something to do with genetics and the way I was brought up in, as well as with plethora of other little reasons, I believe that the main reason why am I so calm lies in [i]me[/i] and my approach to the world. I just do not [i]allow[/i] myself to get stressed over the events in my life. I do not [i]allow[/i] myself to get angry, stressed out, frustrated or freaked out so easily, especially since I have this little habit of thinking that hardly anything is worth me freaking out over it. Therefore, I do not have any particular "ritual" of coping with stress, I just realise that things might not be that important as they seem to me at the given moment. Other people do not stress me out, I allow other people to be the way they are, and once you allow that, you realise that it is pointless to be stressed over your relationship with them or their acts. My duties do not stress me out since I have a reasonably good approach to my time and investment thereof. I do not stress myself out since I am on peaceful terms with myself. Unpredictable events in my life, constant changing countries and similar also do not stress me out, since I have got used to the fact that it is unpredictable if nothing unpredictable is going on in my life. It is not that I have less stressful life than other people; in fact, with my unstable living situation, being torn between several countries, academic work apart from the regular lyceum work, and attending two schools, as well as living virtually on my own at 17, other people on my place would probably experience insane amounts of stress. But it is not your life itself that stresses you, it is [i]you[/i]. [b]You[/b] are the one that has control over how much will things in your life affect you, and how much importance you will attribute to things in your life, or to life as such. It must be weird to hear it uttered by a person like me, but seriously - do not take life so seriously. I see all kinds of people getting stressed over things that will have little to no importance in a year, and it literally eats away their health, brain, time, peace. Why? [i]Because they allow it to happen.[/i] Basically the same goes for "bigger" events in your life... Why to stress over it? You do not help the situation this way, only hurting yourself. That way, I end up being rarely to hardly ever stressed, simply because I have such an approach to life and world. I do not need any stress relief techniques to feel wonderful every day of my life, I do not need a stress to rule my life, I do not need a stress as a motive to dedicate myself to things that fulfill me, I do not need anything to give me an extra energy, since my life does not take away my energy - I do not allow it to. :smile: [/quote] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post SweeterThanChocolate Posted at 1:36 am on Feb. 11, 2007 We all experience stress and anger at some stage in our lives. Sometimes, just for a few moments, and other times for days and days. How do you cope with it? What is your stress relief? Does it always work? Do you turn to friends for support, or family, or blast music or go to the gym? Please take a moment to help some of your fellow members by sharing what works for you, it might help some people! This is going to be a new sticky in the Teen Stress & Anger Management forum.

Replies xobscene Posted at 2:37 pm on Nov. 15, 2009 I'm constantly stressed really. But when it gets really bad, I'll blast some music, go for a brisk walk, have a smoke, or cry. lukesmith Posted at 11:07 am on Nov. 13, 2009 to cope with my stress I wreslte my brother istab Posted at 11:23 am on Nov. 10, 2009 not good!                   ------------------------------ The play 's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king istab Posted at 11:21 am on Nov. 10, 2009 Quote: from Cyne at 5:14 pm on Oct. 17, 2008 Quote: from someg at 2:28 pm on Oct. 17, 2008 Bottle it up inside.    Works 99.9% of the time.    But if the stress continues over months then I just explode totally. Not good. This is how i am, but lately its been getting to the point where im not able to sleep, the other day i got 30 minuets of sleep and had to show up to work the next day. it dose work...... in til i axplod, wonse i hit my cosin and i almost broke his areme and i went up sters and broke my tv, laptop and miror!   istab Posted at 10:41 am on Nov. 10, 2009 i hit stuf, brake stuf and hurt people. my frends say i need anger manigment. do i? am i realy that bad? msg                            --------------------------- I wont mind having a halfnaked Taylor Lautner  jumping through my window! :D highschoolbeauty13 Posted at 3:45 pm on Oct. 11, 2009 i have sex just because i go through alot of things in life and i already got pregnant once but had a misscarriage Vanessa911 Posted at 7:08 pm on Sep. 22, 2009 ...i started to cut myself.....now im scared.... Emperior7 Posted at 11:39 pm on Sep. 17, 2009 i just play games and listen music :) kyralan08 Posted at 7:10 am on July 25, 2009 i listen to music and think of the good things in mi life or i just focus completly on one thing johnston420 Posted at 4:38 pm on July 21, 2009 just smoke a joint catoman Posted at 10:28 am on July 19, 2009 I cry and play mindless fighting games taking my rage out on video game characters... which isn't like me Fireiceair Posted at 8:16 pm on July 11, 2009 I whip my phone across rooms, call my boyfriend and vent to him, CRY!!!!! luckypandas Posted at 11:02 am on June 11, 2009 Yoga farmer5123 Posted at 5:34 am on June 5, 2009 I blast music and then play some loud and aggressive music on my guitar and bass. breaking Ice helps and If there is a broken Macintosh computer, then I smash them and then I usually feel better. Dfiregirl15 Posted at 1:33 pm on June 1, 2009 I imagine myself saying all the mean, cruel, and angry things I want to say to my friends and family. Of course I don't really say it because that would destroy all of my relationships. Most recent 15 of 302 previous replies displayed.