• EvilTwin said on Nov 02, 2007....

  [Hugs, and more hugs] Alyss, love.
   
  Scotch is fine if done in moderation, but not to drown sorrows.  And especially not when one is taking a bath to soak away the stress.
   
  I love you.  And I wish that those words didn't add more stress to your day.  I wish I could just ift away all the problems and make it all better.  I want to bring a smile to your beautiful face, love...

• EvilTwin said on Nov 02, 2007....

  And to answer your question...  I think of you.  =)   And I meditate.  I try to relax and breathe deeply.  And I think some more about you...
   
  Okay, so I have a one track mind. ;-)

• silverwhisper said on Nov 02, 2007....

  me personally, i usually listen to some music or try to get in touch w/ a friend to talk about whatever's on my friend's mind. that usually works pretty well for me, to be honest.
  
  ed

• uniquely-ironic said on Nov 02, 2007....

  Well, I like what you have lined up so far.  For me it's margaritas or wine.  Either will make the day seem less traumatic.  How about renting a good ol' fashioned chick flick that's guaranteed to leave you teary eyed.  I think that may allow you to vent some of those frustration tears in your eyes.

• pickersplock said on Nov 02, 2007....

  Mostly I just think about punching someone in the face.
  AAAnnnnnnd, if silverwhisper is around, I don't have to think about it! :)

• lfbno7 said on Nov 02, 2007....

  It might be getting lost in a good story, whether you like books or certain tv shows or movies or whatever. A diary may be helpful. Meditation might too. It's easy to meditate. Just sit still with your eyes closed in a quiet place, and repeat a sound to yourself. Any sound will do. You can say Kazoo over and over again. Whatever you like. You then find that your concentration wanders back to the thing that is troubling you. It is supposed to. Then you realize you have stopped repeating your mantra, and you get back to it. kazoo, kazoo, kazoo. The act of breaking off your tense thoughts and getting back to your mantra is like taking a knife and cutting the attachment between you and those annoying thoughts. They will come back again, and you will drop them again and get back to kazoo, kazoo. After a few times, their power over you will be very weakened. Then some other thought will come to you, which means that your tension is no longer number one, something else took over. Always back to your mantra as soon as you notice that you have strayed from it into other thoughts. If during your meditation you find that your mind has become completely empty, you have forgotten to say your mantra but you aren't thinking of anything else either for a few seconds, you are just utterly empty, it is a very special feeling, like a soul shower. That doesn't happen often, but it is the experience that put the "transcendental" in transcendental meditation.

• the_infernal_optimist said on Nov 02, 2007....

  I reach out to people around me, even though I usually don't want to do much talking. I listen to music - force myself to put on a playlist that's upbeat, and usually my mood lifts with it. :) And I make a pen-and-paper list of anything, even tiny things (like - I got the baby's nails clipped today and he didn't even cry) that are positive and read over them.
  
  I also have a cloth "carpet" (think flying carpet, with "jeweled" fringe and cloud pattern and all) that's actually a bag that hangs over one side of my dresser. I write things down that are bothering me and put them in there to sail far, far away from me on a cosmic carpet ride. It sounds dumb, but sometimes just the silliness of doing that makes me laugh or smile when I wasn't feeling like it before.
  
  ((hugs))
  
  ~Infernal
  

• mobil said on Nov 02, 2007....

  I walk Alyss, a five mile or longer walk in the cool air. Nothing sets me back upright like a walk. Something about putting one foot infront of the other and taking in the sites.
  
  I think it's the way we were intended to get around and we just don't do enough of it these days......

• moonriver said on Nov 03, 2007....

  moonriver k'ung fu-tzu say, many ways me deal with crappy day, but they all strenuous. me know alyss physical limits, so me suggest fire up video player, watch comedy. if no mood set up video player, maybe youtube laughter good first aid medicine. here's nice one. :-)
  
  

• skald said on Nov 03, 2007....

  I think you have a good idea and I could maybe do the same after a stressful day. Only I never have Scotch but I might have some Port and that will do. 

• Fallyn said on Nov 03, 2007....

  i get out my distress tolerance box,....basically it has bunches of stuff in it that in some way sooth me. i'll write a longer post about it.

• carmachu said on Nov 03, 2007....

  Break things is pretty much how I get over bad days. Most refreshing.

• preacherman said on Nov 05, 2007....

  a good book sounds good to  me.

• crybabylu said on Nov 06, 2007....

  I go back to bed and cover up my head, and hope tomorrow is better!  Ha!

• Alyss said on Nov 06, 2007....

  I haven't ever really felt the need to break things or throw them either, so my low action response might not suit everyone. 
  
  Thank you all for your great suggestions. I will try to bear them in mind when the next crappy day comes a long.
  
  
  

• anonymous said on Dec 01, 2007....

   get out my distress tolerance box,....basically it has bunches of stuff in it that in some way sooth me. i'll write a longer post about it.

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