"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

I either write or I play WoW. And if I'm really feeling like I need to work out a ton of stress and frustration aimed at other people, I'll load up Sims, create a family of those who are the target of my ire, and throw them into a gimped house so I can watch them fail miserably and laugh at their demises.

Issues. I haz them.

~ Amanda

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..."

Right now, my life is nothing but stress. Everywhere I go, there's a stressor.

So, how I cope is sit on the couch in the dark, rock back and forth, and cry.

I so need to be put a way. LOL

Kelly

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I just do the ' things could be worse' bit. How serious is this particular stressor? Really, is it that serious and unresolvable?

I think of how tough some people have it and what a serious stressor could be.

Oh yeah, a trip to the gym to increase endorphin levels.

Carp about the stressor to a captive friend for sympathy. I keep that to a minimum so the person will still be there in the future.

QUOTE:Let's see Nope sorry those aren't the number one answer.

I'll say drugs Richard, and lots of them, but only after you give me some of that saucy Brit tongue of yours.

But seriously...

Studying the tao has helped me quite a bit over the last eight years or so.

"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

Yeah, that's why I don't raid. I'll step in if one of my guild's raid teams needs a body, but for the most part I just like wandering and doing my own thing. Having a raid schedule pissed me off in pre-BC; I cut my raiding in half with BC, and by the time Wrath arrived, I decided I was done with being a regular raider. I've always enjoyed the game more for the exploration and quest storyline aspect anyway. Having to be someplace three nights a week so we can farm MC, BT, Naxx...fuck that noise.

Mentioning meditation and the like...a number of years ago, Fud gave me a book called "Being Nobody, Going Nowhere: Meditations on the Buddhist Path". Just reading that book was a big stress reliever, and following a lot of the teachings and thoughts in it helped me find my way back from a pretty serious depression I was in at the time. Highly recommend.

~ Amanda

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..."

i've re-read that one a few times, and you'd be surprised how many people see the title and go "ugh, how depressing" and it's pretty hard not to laugh

the only thing about raiding is that i really enjoy knowing that my little dude is all decked out in purple gear. thankfully, i'm just one trinket slot away from that.

Yeah, I have to admit that the title did put me off from reading it for a little while. Glad I did though.

I'm sitting here right now, listening to my guild doing a Naxx 25-man over Vent and laughing my ass off. Bunch of barely-hit-80-yesterday noobs in the run and everyone is pissed. Definitely NOT a stress reliever. Laughing at their pain, however, is. :D

~ Amanda

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..."