Grace Under Pressure

it is really difficult to keep cool sometimes , atleast for some , like myself. lie on the bed , take deep breaths and listen to my favourite music.it really helps.

Ha, your cleaning episodes sound very familiar to me. In fact, I am out of cleaner, and impatient about waiting for the hubby to come home with the car so I can go buy some more. If I cannot use Cleaning to get my temper under control, there are some other things i do. I used to go for a run, when I was younger, it's something I have always enjoyed, and it relaxes me, as strange as that sounds. People who hate running simply don't understand the joy you can get out of pushing your body to it's max, and still be able to walk afterwards..but I haven't run consistently since my oldest was born 2 1/2 years ago, and if I all of a sudden began now, I'd problably hurt myself badly, and besides I dont think my toddler could keep up. (: Usually, because I have two little ones, and it's usually them that are irritating me beyond my ability to cope, I will put them in thier rooms, and close their doors, and go outside.. usually I pray and find my comfort with my relationship with God, and find the peace I am looking for..then I find I have enough grace to finish the day as a happy and contented mother like my children deserve..

Wow Charms I am like you and I will clean lol when I am annoyed and I even did this as a Child to I do not throw things lol as I do not believe in throwing things. I have ocassionally slammed Doors but that was more with the Ex Husband he drove me insane.

I choose to drive and blast the music or blast the music and clean it seems to calm me down and help me work through what ever stress or anger I am feeling at the moment. If it's just stress then a hot bath with a book helps me out.

Hmmm, sometimes I do what you do... keep busy. Lots of housework, etc. But lately there have been times when I respond to a similar way to certain other people, like getting angry & raising my voice. It is never successful, but I haven't worked out how to respond without causing agression.

i can't imagine the picture how you are cleaning your house. when something maked me depressed and sad,if i wanted to keep my mind,mostly i dipped my head into water,said to myself "be calm,be calm".but i think after the depressed situation,go for a jog,take a shower ,whatever you do,abandon yourself for you want. the next day it would be better.

I'd like to share some of the tips that I have offered to my friends who go through these "downers" every once in a while: Learn something new... http://www.expertvillage.com free the mind from a "routinized" way of thinking by the stimulation that comes from the challenge... Do something physically powerful: http://www.wanderingaengustreks.com/links.htm Walk, run, go treasure hunting. Uncage the body and you'll uncage the mind and vice versa ( Free your mind and your A$$ will follow) Visual entertainment helps some: http://www.tubezoom.com a movie, especially a free movie, is a very powerful stimulus and watching the right movie can elevate a persons mood! While a good audio book helps others:http://tinyurl.com/yps4rj Sometimes just hearing the human voice tell a story or give wonderful advice is soothing and healing... Sharing common interests: http://www.dogster.com or http://catster.com about pets can alleviate the isolation that is sometimes a feature of a "down" day... Then there's cooking a damn good meal for yourself and/or someone you love... sharing humor and passion, cuddling and kissin', just doing the things that Humans do and remembering we are Human and not just a set of "symptoms and diseases" to be treated for... Learn to have prolonged "news fasts" and create a "Days End Ritual" where you forcefully, if neccessary, shut down the "world" and turn on your attention to you and YOU only... this takes practice but it's well worth it... May Joy Abundance and Strength Be with you and May Guidance and Vibrance along with Love Itself, move into your Lives and never, ever leave! :) Blessed Be!

whenever i am facing difficulties i do other things to keep me balance like doing house chores because there is this sense of achievemnet until i get a grip then i could go back to solve the task.at times i go out with my friends and i get fresh ideas depending on what difficulties i am facing.

To cool the hot head I usually go on counting numerical numbers ie1,2 ...from the rear or upper numbers to lower numbers backward...and gradually my concentration gets diverted and my agony or hot head becomes cool...or I vsualize a cool place of my dream world which cools my thought.

I don't think I'm good with pressure, I can burst into tears or burst out yelling and fighting with whatever or whoever comes in my way. Sometimes I clean but I used to do that when I was sick for some reason not so much with pressure. I find the best thing for me is to sleep, hopefully I'm not too stressed to the point of not being able to sleep as it's the one place I can go far away from my problems and have real happy thoughts. I've had some dreams Stephen Spielberg style, they'd make good blockbusters lol.

When things get tough I have my junk foods to save me. I think we all have our outlets for pressure and stress. We really have to take it all out or we'll soon explode. I will eat and eat all the food that while thinking of the best solution to my problem. That's why I always have junk foods ready. So if any unfavorable things happen I don't have to go out to get some. Well, I would say, they really helped. Following this whole day of eating junk foods I will spend the next day cleaning our closet and throwing up all those unwanted things inside.

I rarely keep my cool. I release the tensions by directing it back at the pressure cooker. He needs a taste of his own medicine. I know this is not a good strategy as I do not feel good after it. I get angry with myself, but this is me, what can I do with my quick temper :P To calm myself down, there are many things I do depending on the degree of the anger. I may punish myself with work, complain to my buddy, or jog myself to exhaustion or...... now there is mylot :P

I have just posted a discussion under stress only . Discussion is not for you so don't mind as you are my friend. ----------- I am very depressed today . It's like I am putting my 100% efforts to reply to all of your discussions and you people are not replying to even a single discussion of mine . I'm speaking about many of them excluding some who are really nice and nearly reply to each of my discussions. Think seriously now as I'm thinking of deleting you if I find you are not worth to be in my friends list as you don't bother about my discussions . I'm real UPSET . See this is what I did today. I posted some 90 responses and never got any response for my discussions.

facing any difficulties,i will keep calm and go for walking or sitting quietly.And i appreciate your method of cleaning your house,that may be cleaning your bad feelings~

yes I am a bit like you , when I was younger I would paint and paper a room in a couple of days not I am not as able , but when I get stresses I do clean or go for a drive , I love to drive and I can relax when driving too , xx

I've never been very angry as such till now, only once I think and I couldn't keep it within so let it out by throwing my clothes all over the place(silly I know..lol) I cry when I'm frustrated, I just need to let it out. I also write in my diary and let my thoughts out in plain sentences or poems. I just need something to distract me and I'll be fine. Cleaning works too ;o)

dear i want to say but i can't say any thing about it

no matter which ways you take,making you feel relax is the good way

i swollow ten times easily and then breath releath.

Wheal i dont really get under presure but when i do i workout a lil and helps get rid of those negative energies but i usualy try to chanel it into something usefull to help me advance it makes my mind more alert yes it also make me a lil more jumpy :)