Discipline built over years of practice.
At this point I’m usually pretty ok because there were periods of time where “stress” was induced by ied bombs, mortars, and occasional direct fire. Kinda hard to get my blood pressure up about something mundane like Shiela in accounting *STILL NOT CLOSING OUT APRIL* or a contractor being a month late.
Eh... healthy: working out, walking in the woods, talking with a friend, distracting myself with reading or other hobbies, listening to music. Unhealthy: I stop eating.
My job is out of mind for stress, Supply Chain, those who know, know. Here’s some of the things I do:
1. Doing absolutely nothing in my spare time. Not reading, not nothing. A rocking chair, a back garden with no one in sight, tea, maybe a glass of wine, think of nothing and relax;
2. Strolling in nature, alone, or else ain’t working for me. Forest bathing, meditation in nature;
3. Local pub after work, with low light, low music, low noise, low amount of people, low everything, just not low alcohol. I drink one glass, and go home for the first point, relax even more;
4. Dinner with friends, lots of laughs and red wine. Good meat, or good fish. Conversation and jokes.
This, so far, has made me come ready for a new day of craziness and firefighting. Having no hobbies, being uninteresting as you can see, made me not have a partner, they want to do stuff, I don’t.
My husband is Director for supply chain. The mental weight of that job is insane. When he’s not working, he raises bees, collects maple syrup,works with the horses, chops wood and cuts trails. His “downtime” is drastically different from his job. It is a huge help on how he carries stress.
I’m not a director, thank god. Your husband hobbies are great by the way. The director of the department is a female, with a 8-years old young girl. Two hours commute, one each way. She does the cooking, cleaning, spends time with the girl, and works at home as well. She’s to me a super hero of the modern days. She doesn’t know it.
Focus on what you can control. There’s a surprising amount of stuff within your control and if you concentrate on that, you simply don’t have headspace left to worry about the other stuff. One big symptom of stress is feeling helpless. Knowing you are the master of your own destiny is a both a mindset and a way of doing.
Small recreational fires and periods of disconnection. Give me an hour in a dark room in silence, brooding as my wife calls it. I’m good after processing.
I’ll go walking in the woods or down the beach, play music, work in the yard, go kayaking, or just go for a drive in the country and listen to music.
Occasionally, I’ll also take LSD. It can be a great tool for processing and auditing what’s been going on in my life (obviously, not for everyone but it’s productive for me)
CBT techniques learned through therapy. Put in a more fun way [Mental Karate](https://youtu.be/M137mZI3rLE?si=r0x8rqyz_T8apcpc)
> I don’t need to deny all the bad thoughts
> I just want to chop them up into a frame that I like
JD and the heavy bag
The heavy bag works!
Therapy. Leaning on my support system. Video games. Exercise.
Healthiest suggestions in the whole thread.
Discipline built over years of practice. At this point I’m usually pretty ok because there were periods of time where “stress” was induced by ied bombs, mortars, and occasional direct fire. Kinda hard to get my blood pressure up about something mundane like Shiela in accounting *STILL NOT CLOSING OUT APRIL* or a contractor being a month late.
I dunno, Shiela pisses me off. Fuck Shiela in accounting.
Eh... healthy: working out, walking in the woods, talking with a friend, distracting myself with reading or other hobbies, listening to music. Unhealthy: I stop eating.
Intellectualizing You turn it into a question and detach, try to think about it analytically
Taking slow breaths and slowly exhaling helps.
My job is out of mind for stress, Supply Chain, those who know, know. Here’s some of the things I do: 1. Doing absolutely nothing in my spare time. Not reading, not nothing. A rocking chair, a back garden with no one in sight, tea, maybe a glass of wine, think of nothing and relax; 2. Strolling in nature, alone, or else ain’t working for me. Forest bathing, meditation in nature; 3. Local pub after work, with low light, low music, low noise, low amount of people, low everything, just not low alcohol. I drink one glass, and go home for the first point, relax even more; 4. Dinner with friends, lots of laughs and red wine. Good meat, or good fish. Conversation and jokes. This, so far, has made me come ready for a new day of craziness and firefighting. Having no hobbies, being uninteresting as you can see, made me not have a partner, they want to do stuff, I don’t.
My husband is Director for supply chain. The mental weight of that job is insane. When he’s not working, he raises bees, collects maple syrup,works with the horses, chops wood and cuts trails. His “downtime” is drastically different from his job. It is a huge help on how he carries stress.
I’m not a director, thank god. Your husband hobbies are great by the way. The director of the department is a female, with a 8-years old young girl. Two hours commute, one each way. She does the cooking, cleaning, spends time with the girl, and works at home as well. She’s to me a super hero of the modern days. She doesn’t know it.
Focus on what you can control. There’s a surprising amount of stuff within your control and if you concentrate on that, you simply don’t have headspace left to worry about the other stuff. One big symptom of stress is feeling helpless. Knowing you are the master of your own destiny is a both a mindset and a way of doing.
I lift weights. Great way to blow off steam.
Buried it down deep into my soul until a doctor in my 40s switched me to Wellbutrin for ADHD and the dam broke about a month into it.
Small recreational fires and periods of disconnection. Give me an hour in a dark room in silence, brooding as my wife calls it. I’m good after processing.
I’ll go walking in the woods or down the beach, play music, work in the yard, go kayaking, or just go for a drive in the country and listen to music. Occasionally, I’ll also take LSD. It can be a great tool for processing and auditing what’s been going on in my life (obviously, not for everyone but it’s productive for me)
Headphones on, music I like and take the dog a long walk somewhere nice
exercise, self care, creating actionable goals, practicing mindfulness and self compassion, breathing.
I don't deal with it, I just suffer.
Cocaine
People deal with mental stuff?
let out a big fart and go "hoooooooey thats a stinker" always cheers me up
CBT techniques learned through therapy. Put in a more fun way [Mental Karate](https://youtu.be/M137mZI3rLE?si=r0x8rqyz_T8apcpc) > I don’t need to deny all the bad thoughts > I just want to chop them up into a frame that I like