How do you cope with stress?

If you want to stay healthy and stress free, exercise is the best answer. It really helps.

It is not easy Abby but the way I cope is by going to bed and sleeping for a bit shutting everything out, that is the only Way I can cope with it now I do hope that you and your Friend will make it up again soon I know it is not nice falling out with your Friend A big Hug to you

To be honest pal I can't really tell you the answer to that , I have had so much to deal with lately and still managed to go on , I think my best stress reliever is being here on My Lot , Tapping away at the laptop keys just seems to sooth me , I also love to go for a drive in my car , no matter how stressed I am I can relax while driving , I seem to be the opposite from anyone else lol , take care my friend and be well and happy xx

Sorry to hear of the little argument between your best friend and you. It hard to swallow if this happened between good friends. What more over a trivial matter. Dont think so much on the problem. Let it dissolve by itself. Go for a walk or make your selve busy. Perhaps stop thinking of the matter. Hope it wont jeapordise your friendship with your best friend. I will normally go for spa or jog to calm myself if under stress. But recently, I went for karaoke session and it helps tremendously. Take care.

thats really happen to everyone...as for me i immediately talk to the one who is very close to me and express all my feelings and after that i feel relax then...i don't want to keep inside it.

I cope with stress by sitting comfortable in my chair and calmly breathing in and out using my diaphragm not my upper chest! As I breath in I calmly say, Reeee... as I breath out I calmly say, Laaxxx ! Do this until you are totally at peace with yourself! Get the idea?

By going to the gym, I find that a good work out, burning off the calories, frustration and anger within me does me the power of good, jogging, running, cycling and weight lifting always works for me, or a session in the sauna where all that heat hits your body and you lay down and relax in the blissful quiet, or a massage works wonders too with soft music in the background, I have plenty of ways to cope with stress. I also find the lack of sleep or not being able to sleep properly adds to the stress levels.

Oh Ab's sorry to hear that. Hopefully it will all work itself out. But.... I think the way I tend to deal with stress is to clean.... I de-clutter, according to my husband I fly around the house like a crazed animal! LOL he knows to steer clear. But I just "WORK" it out til I am tired enough to just drop into bed. With a nights sleep things seem better the next morning (usually). If it goes longer than that then it's time to sit down and talk about it to someone. Sometimes just repeating it out loud puts it in perspective. Good Luck... hope you settle it amiably

Depends. I don't bother myself with what acquaintances said, but I do with my closest friends. If my closest friends have problems with me I will surely straighten things out with them, or else I won't be able to sleep or smile for days.

I cry a lot and pray alot. I have a bad habit of feeding stress and really have to work on that. I want to eat and I know that I cannot do that whenever I am stressed. I do pray a lot and try to let God handle my situation.

I try to avoid having things like that happen also. If it's trivial I try not to pursue it. It's just not important in the scheme of things, but some people really do think it is. I used to be like that. Most of the time to cope with stress, I just walk away, go somewhere and just breathe. I will read a book to get me away from reality for awhile. Then after I have calmed down and can better deal with the situation, I ask myself...is this going to matter in 5 years? Most often the answer is no. So, I will tell the person if it's still an issue that it's not that big of a deal and to let it go!

No matter what you are right or wrong,say sorry to friend,it will release yourself .For it only trivial things,No good to argue who are right.

stress is a scary thing for me to talk about. i get extra zits, sometimes i break out in a rash, i have acid reflux caused from stress (after all the testing THAT'S what the doc finally narrowed it down to, ha), and i guess it depends on WHAT i'm stressing over. I too get headaches, and my eyes will burn. OH and when i'm VERY stressed, like at my wits end, my left eye twitches, yep just the left one! lol. i hate stress. i'm sorry you and your best friend had an argument. i hate when people bring up something that is over and done with. what's the point in bringing something up that will hurt someone all over again. hope you feel better after a good rest abbey! :-)