Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Friday, 16 Oct 1992 04:06:49 CDT
From: <U56503@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.suicide.holiday
Subject: Re: stress....
 <1992Oct16.152352.1@cc.curtin.edu.au>

In article <1992Oct16.152352.1@cc.curtin.edu.au>, ssalimb01@cc.curtin.edu.au
says:
>
>In article <Bw4yzt.32J@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, jage@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (I
>like
>redheads.) writes:
>> I am really stressing out.  You know, lab due, big calculus test, my car

>> I just went outside and screamed at the top of my lungs.  I felt stupid,
>> even though almost no one could see me, but I feel much better now.
>> And the looks I got when I came back in the building...
 >
>> So I suggest, from personal and recent expierence, go outside and scream
>> when stressing out.
>>
>> Any other suggestions?
>
>Well, I always sleep on it when I am stressed.  Taking it out on your pet is
>not a bad idea, but you will have it in your conscience.

>Any other suggestions, folks?

I talk to my dog and pet her.  She understand everything I say. ;)))
It is a medical fact that watching fish swim or petting an animal
reduces stress and lowers blood pressure from articles I have read.
Many people suggest adopting an orphaned pet to reduce stress if you
have the time to take proper care of it.  I just heard research that
says that people who have pets live longer!  Not sure if that is
a good piece of news for ASHers or not! ;))  One of the other guys at
the hotline works one evening at a nursing home where he takes dogs
and cats to visit the residents.  It works!

I have one of those "Revengers" too that blasts death rays, grenade launcher
sounds, and a machine gun.  I hit the buttons on that some days.
Usually this is after some phone call where I have reached an
incompetent individual who knows little about how to solve some paperwork
snafu of mine.

I have relaxation/hypnosis tapes that I use in my car when driving
(the non-hypnotic side) and at night (the hypnotic side).

Like Megazone, I find that writing works well also in getting out the
feelings.

Sometimes I just go out and walk--for hours.  I take my dog of course.
I bring along a favorite tape.  I walk until I am exhausted.  I walk in
the woods and enjoy the peace there.  Sometimes I read poetry.
Sometimes I play one of those "environmental" tapes that recreates
the sound of the ocean or a thunderstorm.  Sometimes I look at old
pictures of when I was a kid.

And, sometimes I just stop thinking about myself and try to go help
someone else with something for a while.  The dire stuff will always wait.
My hotline work helps out there a lot.  I stop thinking about my
problems and feel better when I have helped someone else.

Mostly, I try to become "one with nature" in some way for a short
time.  I find it the most soothing.  It can be done most anywhere
if you try.

Brady

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  SATAN to NEW-COMER: The trouble with you Chicago people is that you
  think that you are the best people down here, whereas you are merely
  the most mumerous. --Mark Twain  (All other thoughts are mine alone.)
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