What are your best go-to stress relievers?

Smoke a fatty

Yoga!
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Exercise does it for me. In fact, consistent workouts 5 + days a week keep me pleasantly calm most of the time.

I use art journaling which works really well for me

2 fingers of my best cognac

Exercise, breathing, listening to music

Exercise really helps the adrenaline out tbh
Even if its just doing silly dancing
Its my go to when stressed
Or a spliff lol

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I do some quirky things. Like taking a sheet of notebook paper and writing in cursive in mirror image filling up the entire page. For some reason it helps. I also like to take a thin Sharpie and doodle scrolls and vines and flowers, filling in the doodles with highlighter colors…or take plastic grocery bags and cut them into strips and crochet them into balls, stuffing the insides with more grocery bags. They make good stress balls or good nerf-ball substitutes to toss around in the house. I also like to go outdoors and sit out in the sun and let it warm my face. Or drive out to the lake and sit and watch the water sparkle and listen to the sounds around me….birds, fish flopping up out of the water, boats on the lake etc. A Sunday drive is also good.

Play guitar. Best stress relief in the world. It doesn’t matter if you’re a beginner or a maestro, it’s always great to create music.

i take these Chinese herbs and they work. but i work out at the gym. that helps me sleep

I have this Muse gadget the wife and kids bought me. It’s used in conjunction with meditative sounds. You let your mind go and just relax to the sound of the odd bird chirping. It’s very relaxing. This won’t help you much.

I do a check in with myself and then confront what comes up. Challenge it.

I also do a visual thing pretending there are windshield wipers in front of my eyes and when the thought comes up I turn on the windshield wiper and wipe it away.

Listen to Meditation Oasis this one when I’m struggling
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I listen to Calm Radio Classical music to calm myself.

Scents can work. I use incense to settle myself.

Go for a walk and talk to the trees. I know it sounds weird, but it may help.

Talking with someone that will listen and not respond also helps. I never like to be fixed when in the state I’m presuming that you’re experiencing.

I know you’ve tried most of the above. I hope you feel better soon.

Music, eating, pouring out to friends.

I have two. Neither has ever failed me.

For mild to moderate stress, I go for a run. The stress level determines the distance. I've done as much as ten miles to relieve stress

But for really big stress headaches where your head is about to explode... I beat the ever living shit outta my practice dummy. Works every time. 🙂 🥋

Well, as you already know, for me it's traipsing off across the river in to the woods, or a brief ride to the shore's edge and a bench with an outlook.
For you my friend, my hope is that you have a close friend you can spend some ftf with.....breakfast/lunch date?
Here where I live, within an hour or so's drive, we have a wild animal place where, wild animals either who have been brought in for rehab, or animals whom for whatever reason cannot be reintroduced in to the wild have a home. I know you love of animals buddy, and maybe a respite....a trip to one of those if you have one not overly far away might be a balm.

Breathing techniques, (2, 4, 7 technique), fresh ginger tea, (only coz i love it), rest and ASMR, or listening to stories or podcasts.

Im kinda a lazy git when it comes to exercise, but i hope to change that.

Moslty its just bout relaxing my body and mind, reminding it what relaxation is ....being loose.

Cold beer

It's probably going to sound really stupid, and its not something I would typically ever let anyone know, but it's my odd go to..... Whenever I'm stressed out, I'll take my one car out for a drive, then park somewhere quiet and leave the engine running. This particular car is 40 years old and it shakes and vibrates a lot while its idling, which relaxes me every time.
I will also admit that it has had a very different effect with a few women who were with me times when i forgot to turn off the engine after parking somewhere, but thats another story.

Exercise, you will increase your filtration rate through your liver..by default, detoxifying your blood of you stress hormones.
Fact m'queen

Exercise and yoga help me reduce stress.

No,no,no..not hitting yer head against the wall..no wonder you have headaches😢

I guess coffee,friends,movies,meditations in cathedrals of my own 🙏,exercise...did I mention coffee?? Friends may be best and my least favorite..doing thee things I've been putting off

Watching TV and sleep

Whiskey and a cigar

😁😁😁 I like to SHOP...🤣🤣🤣

Long hot shower.

🙃 Sports bike.

peanut butter

I used to stretch using the downward dog and warrior pose from yoga. Not into the spiritualism of yoga but the stretches do work.

I try to find out the reason behind the stress and try not to do it

Exercise helps me a lot. Or being outside, especially if I can see the horizon, like on top of a hill or at the beach.

Fill a large handled measuring cup with cold, cold beer. Slide into a tub of steaming water.
Drink beer.

Nothing really works except for getting the stressors over with.

Exercise. Something physical. Even a walk through the woods or wrestling the hounds.

For me it’s exercise or playing my favourite music loudly

For me it’s exercise and meditation/ relaxation music.

Rain sounds on Spotify, laying out in backyard, a long drive in the woods

Long drives and heavy metal music. Sorry, I’m weird.

A glass of wine, and a good looking guy across the table!

Not the best but I just go to bed
But usually I end up dissociating or switching
Cause DID

3 hours of cardio on 2 hours of sleep and 1 large black coffee

Toto's and Sprite

Let The Beauty Of Existence Envelope Your Moment!💕

writing and jogging.

Mine was the gym.

I will put on Only Fools and Horses on DVD

Alone time, in a dark room. I sometimes get headaches from my neck so I'll press my thumb pretty hard into the sore muscles which hurts but then relieves the tension

My Go-To is a long hard run.

Eating Jelly Meerkats 🙂🐼🥢

I find taking my dogs for a walk, especially in forested areas and/or near water, to be useful.

Anything I know only provides momentary relief (which is important too)... Only time seems to truly help 😣

Hope things calm down for you soon 💙💙

Exercise