Submitted by ParisIsBurning_ t3_zs9vig in LifeProTips
Can I get creative recommendations on how to relieve stress without food or alcohol? Thank you
Submitted by ParisIsBurning_ t3_zs9vig in LifeProTips
Can I get creative recommendations on how to relieve stress without food or alcohol? Thank you
Yoga and meditation
Swimming really helps me.
Journaling and watercolor painting help me immensely.
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Guided meditation helps me. I love Jason Stephenson on YouTube. Wishing you well.
Mushrooms and masturbation.
I personally find cleaning therapeutic. Choose a manageable section of your living space and deep clean it when you’re feeling stressed. Putting your mind to something productive feels good, and at the end of it you have a measurable benefit. Organizing cluttered areas helps too.
Smoke weed, completely forget about everything including all my problems
Orgasms?? Yea lol 😆
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Exercise
Being outside
Do something extremely well (perfectly make a bed, line up all the cans in the pantry)
Yoga/stretching
He's my favorite
Weed does wonders
Meditation and Weed
Hot yoga...all the wayyyy
Smoke, clean, organize, and create anything!
Alot of the above are good ideas along with cold water therapy. I study neuroscience and the impact this has on your dopamine levels, your ability to cope with stress and your overall health and immunity is incredible.
Don't get intimidated by all the hard-core people jumping in ice covered lakes. Start small, with cold showers or a bath filled with coldest tap water. The idea is to create an environment that is mentally and physically stressful/hard for YOU. There are many studies showing the temperature of the water really doesn't have to be that extreme.
Google Wim Hof for popular resources.
Proud of you for seeking healthier coping mechanisms!
Yoga Nidra: 30 minutes or so and brilliantly clear headed/restful feeling afterwards. I was about to have a panic attack yesterday so I hurried and prepared the yoga mat and noise cancelling AirPods. Put on a 35 minute version from Spotify and felt significantly better afterwards. Give it a shot!
Snuggling a dog or cat!
Massagie! She love you long time!
Exercise, weed, meditation, dancing like no-one's watching, sex, and combinations thereof.
If you need quick relief, your sense of smell is very effective. Anything mint/peppermint will be very effective. I use a roll on stick from Saje, and I've never been an essential oil guy, but it works wonders. Or you can invest in a diffuser.
Music. On my drive to work I listen to hard rock at full volume and scream my heart out. My current favorite song for this purpose is Godsmack's Something Different. I arrive relaxed and ready to deal with coworkers and customers.
hangout with friends, talk to friends about your stress, journal your stress and figure out why your stress is stressful, go for a walk
and then exacerbate your symptoms long-term because of your chronic use but live in denial because the line of what normal felt like gets blurry. And the typical 'marijuana withdrawals don't exist' line
excessive orgasms =/= normal orgasm
I am not going to follow along with what others are doing here. To start with, ask yourself if normal things bring you pleasure. Let me give you an example, a neurotypical person would most likely be getting satisfaction out of things such as 'cleaning' or 'meditation' like some of the previous comments have mentioned. When you actually complete an activity, and you do it well, do you feel gratification? If so, yes, those 'normie' activities might work.
If the answer is no, I would start looking beyond that if I was you, specifically your mental health. Pinpoint your shortcomings and rationalise them, for example by writing them down on a piece of paper. Now, I know I said mental health, but you can't have a level head without a good base, right? You're probably expecting me to say diet and exercise, and that would partially be true. But rather than giving you this ambiguous piece of advice, I would first break down your CURRENT diet. This will allow you to pinpoint what may be missing.
Now, to add to that, another thing you could do are, for example, DNA tests to rule any potential bottlenecks beyond your control. This could mean mutations to the MTHFR gene expression, improper thyroid regulation gene expression (hypo/hyper, tyrosine hydroxylase activity in the adrenal gland, by the way very key to producing enough dopamine and consecutively norepinephrine for our body to utilise, and guess what, those are key to motivation and alertness.). Take into account things such as methylation, cholination, any potential vitamin deficiencies (especially the B cat.). What I am trying to say is you want to rule out as many potential factors as you can, to ensure what you aren't overlooking any important cause for any symptoms.
THEN that's when exercise gets good, when you actually feel motivated to do it. Now, I'd at least start by building a small habit (1-2x week). It might not sound like much, but as you get physically healthier and your mental state clearer, there won't be anything stopping you from increasing the frequency. Do you see where I am going with this? If you learn that exercise can feel good, you'll want to do it more often from your own initiative because you'll simply find it engaging.
yeah for giving you an illusion of coping, which is an ability you don't have when sober, so essentially your problem is just delayed in onset
lemme know when life is bearable without having to smoke 4-5x a day and waking up groggy and having to smoke again cause it's impossible to get up without jt
Few things that my therapist taught me (in no particular order):
The square method for deep breathing. 4 seconds each of deep breath in, hold, slow breath out, and hold again. You can start this exercise with only 1 second and work your way up, but you want to end it with 4 seconds or more.
Either slashing your face or submerging your forehead and eyes in cold water. This will shock your system into being calm. This method has the quickest emotional effect but the calm will only last about 10 minutes. It's a good first step for when you're upset, but you'll want to use one of the other methods in this list to extend the life of the calm you seek.
A few minutes of intense exercise. The act of running tells your biology that you're getting away from whatever triggered your emotional episode, and also tells your body that you're about to be in a safe place. You don't need to do it for long, but it needs to be strenuous.
Enjoy a hobby and/or make a thing. Doesn't need to look good, nor be useful, nor be kept after the thing is done. Just do a thing that makes you happy. Reading, watching TV, and single player video games don't count; those are winding down, about to go to sleep activities. The point of the hobby or craft is meant to replace the sadness/fear with joy.
Hope this helps!
Um.. splashing your face yea? Lol. Ending a shower w 30 secs to a min or two of cold water also amazing
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I'd like to note that I'm prone to panic attacks. Most inconvenient part about them is you have to deal with them as they happen or they eat you alive, and it's almost impossible to know when your next attack is. With that in mind, these methods are designed to be mixed and matched to suit any situation. So although taking the last few minutes to turn the water cold does the same thing as splashing your face, you're not going to always have access to a shower, nor are you going to always have the time to take a shower of any length.
Which kind of stress? if you're burned out, one thing might help more than if you're anxious about medical or job stuff.
I remember my last one.... ugh.
I feel that in my soul. Why do those attacks need to be so obnoxious....
I am on effexor now... the sparks still happen, but the flame doesn't light.
Laughing. Watch every stupid cat video and a few fail videos.
Also singing. Find the upbeat songs you remember from every era and have yourself a singalong. Just you, as loud as you want or need.
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