Some of us deal with our problems in different ways. I'm sure you have all had a day when nothing seemed to go right, and may not for many weeks on end. Tell me, how do you deal with your problems? Do you do something strange, or do you just simply take a deep breath?
Well, what I do is listen to music. Then, if that doesn't work, I sing loudly with the music. When that doesn't work, I play the song and sing it. If that doesn't work, then my problem must be pretty bad. But it never has been.
Sometimes, I talk about my problems to my brother, and he helps me out with them. I also talk to friends I know I can trust that won't blurt anything out in public. We all need at least one of those.
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Calming down
Stop that. It was funny once. -_-
When I get steamed, I calm down normally. Even for something bad it only takes a few hours. For something small it's much shorter. Listening to music and having a read of a good book, or going for a long walk are good cures for things that really shake you up.
And I don't hold grudges, so that helps ^_^
I don't get upset all that often - at least not to the extent that I have to consciously think about how to calm down - but when I do, it usually helps to go away for a while and just think about something else - anything else - until the immediate anger fades. Then, I talk it out with my parents or my friends or whomever.
Well I'm hopefully completely normal and sane in that I usually talk it out with someone, if it's a major problem, or just go out for some nice fresh air.
If worse comes to worse and none of these techniques help, I just sit down and write whatever pops into my head. That always calms me down.
walk away.
vent to someone.
light one up.
speak to the person who got you angry or frustrated and talk it out with them.
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if none of that works…
seek anger management counseling.
but for me most of the time I laugh.
I don't take a majority of things so seriously.
Crack a joke.
Make light of the situation…
when appropriate.
I draw myself…killing the person or thing that has pissed me off…It was a trick my therapist taught me some time ago to vent out my aggression. But mostly I use the anger for character design and development, I love the adrenaline rush that is brought on by anger and I can make some pretty sick and twisted stuff with it! :)
Stop that. It was funny once. -_-If you mean agreeing with Custard, I'm not joking. :<
I used to express my feelings a lot, but then my high school decided to teach me that that's wrong, and I should never express my feelings. So when I finally release all my anger, they decide to put me in isolation for 3 days, and then teach me that I should always express my feelings. Then when I do I get told off.
It kinda annoys me.
My family really frowns upon showing emotion, so I use to bottle things up all the time and my family used to send me to a therapist often when I responded to things emotionally.
Later I learned that the way my family deals with things is really unhealthy so now I usually vent in a diary, blog, doodle, whatever, or I discuss it with my friend. I have the best friend ever. She's got to a be a goddess or something; she's so patient with me.
I also crack jokes a lot. I have a tendency for off-color humor anyway, so it works.
If it's mild irritation, I'll just let out a deep sigh and take some deep breaths, try to get my mind on something else…maybe walk around a little, go outside and get some air.
If I'm pretty much by myself and it's a more moderate to severe situation, I'll have to work hard at restraining myself. If I'm not doing a good job at that, I'll close my eyes and say a silent prayer. I may have to keep on saying it inside my head until I feel myself calming down.
Sometimes it helps to talk with someone – my wife or a friend or a coworker (if I'm at work) and just get it off my chest.
I'm actually a pretty fidgety person. When I get upset, I generally have to move around so I pace.
I also rant to someone but that's more difficult for me to do. It's not the ranting part that's difficult but finding someone who's willing and understands enough to listen. I rant to work things out in my head, whether they be thoughts or feelings, but people oftentimes mistaken it for wanting advice or really meaning what I say. Sometimes I just want to let out steam even. So nowadays I don't rant to a lot of people.
I do do a lot of pacing though.
Things that calm me when I am stressed/worried/frustrated:
~Cleaning/cooking
~Playing with pets (unless they are the cause of the frustration)
~A hot shower/bath especially with nice-smelling body wash
~Simple arcade/puzzle games on the computer
~Most effective for me is reading a book or watching a movie/episodes (esp. of my very favorite series) I've never seen before.
I forgot about that about myself. If I don't watch it, I start pacing.
Having seen my oldest son (he's 12) pick up that habit and seeing how annoying it is to watch, I'm trying not to do that unless I'm alone. lol!
I'm actually a pretty fidgety person. When I get upset, I generally have to move around so I pace.
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I do do a lot of pacing though.
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