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Jade Falcon said:
I've had a couple of incidents tonight that have really spiked my blood pressure; the second of which caused me to go on a long "quiet yelling" rant (so that I don't wake the whole apartment complex) until I exhausted myself.

The first was dealing with someone in tonight's game thread, and the second was my constantly loud neighbors. The incident in the game thread has been dealt with, but my neighbors above me has been an ongoing problem since they moved in here about a year ago.

Tonight, after banging on the ceiling and going on my rant, I had a fantasy about going to my manager tomorrow and letting her have a HUUUUGE ear full about this. I complained 6 months ago, and she didn't do a fucking thing about it, and actually argued with me about it instead. Terrible, terrible manager.

Obviously, I would like to avoid going there and going berserk, as much as it appeals to me in the middle of a rant. But I can't take much more of this shit. It's really stressing me out. It's every goddamn day, multiple times a day with these assholes.

I'm trying to buy a house in Idaho to get away from this shit, but it's a long process, and I'll be lucky if I'm there 2 or 3 years from now. So that's not an overnight thing.

So what do you do for stress relief? I'm in counseling for a host of personal issues, but that's once every 2 weeks, and it's just talk, and I just started seeing this guy about a month ago or so. I need ACTION.

I've just started looking at Stress Relief classes near me; something which I've never considered until now. It looks like much of it involves Yoga, which I don't have a problem with, but with my weight, I'm not sure how realistic it is.

I'm not up for going on walks.....I've done it before and it's not really great to do at the moment, obviously, because of the weather. That, and I just don't get satisfaction out of it. But full disclosure, I also don't do it often.

So what do you do for stress relief? Has anyone here tried Yoga or breathing exercises? I'm all ears.....though one doesn't work, lol.

Thanks.
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Listen to her live content. She is incredible. If that is not your cup tea then I recommend this;



Edit: Maybe listen on Pandora, Spotify, etc so you can immerse yourself in the music. With headphones or without.
 
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Calmly walk up to your neighbor and tell him/her/them you know where they sleep at night and to SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!! Oh, and if they didn't recieve your subtle clues, inform then they are creating all forms of undo noise, and can the please stop...
 
Jade Falcon said:
caused me to go on a long "quiet yelling" rant (so that I don't wake the whole apartment complex) until I exhausted myself.

Tonight, after banging on the ceiling and going on my rant, I had a fantasy about going to my manager tomorrow and letting her have a HUUUUGE ear full about this. I complained 6 months ago, and she didn't do a fucking thing about it, and actually argued with me about it instead. Terrible, terrible manager.

Obviously, I would like to avoid going there and going berserk, as much as it appeals to me in the middle of a rant. But I can't take much more of this shit. It's really stressing me out. It's every goddamn day, multiple times a day with these assholes.

So what do you do for stress relief? I'm in counseling for a host of personal issues.
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Check whether your neighbor is dribbling a ball up there. Do what I do--impress them all with your basketball acumen. Notice how everyone on this board is afraid of me? Just knock on your neighbor's door and yell, "Layman's dribbling is almost as good as Aminu's! What do you think of that, punk??"
 
RipCityDSCPL said:


Listen to her live content. She is incredible. If that is not your cup tea then I recommend this;



Edit: Maybe listen on Pandora, Spotify, etc so you can immerse yourself in the music. With headphones or without.
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I enjoy 2Cellos quite a bit since they first saw them on youtube a few years back.
 
Realize not only are there people within a mile of you right now who are dying, homeless, addicted, crippled, unloved, ugly, starving, or just plain stupid.

You weren’t born in Somalia, don’t live under Communism (yet) .

In America you have choices for your life.

Move. Your environment determines much of your life.

We both quit our jobs, took out a loan on our car and moved to Beautiful Central Oregon 17 years ago and have never regretted it.

Even just moving to a house versus apartment would be a good start.
 
Honestly, I pray but I know thats not for everyone.

The other go-to’s for me tend to be working, especially coding if I can find some project to work on in a code editor thats a great moment for me.
The other is to look at pictures of my kids, and my extended family, always helps me recenter my emotional state.
Hope you find something that works for you.
 
barfo said:
Well, to deal with stress, I start arguments, and then turn the subject around to somehow either make it about something else, or I give you one-line answers that are so outlandish it just makes you scratch your head. Or I'll pretend to agree with you about something, when in reality I'm mocking the very clear point you're trying to make.

I'm very good at that. It's a shame I'm not good at anything else........like being a moderator.

barfo
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You're a moderator? Wow
 
How do I deal with stress? I put slypokerdog on ignore.
 
I very rarely get that type of stressed anymore. My stresses are usually either work or money related. But when I do get stressed, I like to do some of the following:
Work on a project
Drive somewhere beautiful
Drink a glass of really good wine - one that in some way I have a connection with.
go on a bike ride
fuck (perhaps I should have put this one earlier on the list)
write or cook, something creative

What other people suggest that doesn't work for me:
Drink or smoke to intoxication
go to the gym
yoga / meditate
 
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I very rarely get that type of stressed anymore. My stresses are usually either work or money related. But when I do get stressed, I like to do some of the following:
Work on a project
Drive somewhere beautiful
Drink a glass of really good wine - one that in some way I have a connection with.
go on a bike ride
fuck (perhaps I should have put this one earlier on the list)
write or cook, something creative

What other people suggest that doesn't work for me:
Drink or smoke to intoxication
go to the gym
yoga / meditate
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It puts the lotion on its skin so Further doesn't get stressed again...
 
Natebishop3 said:
I go onto forums and I draw them into arguments that cannot be won by either side.





Oh, and I also make fun of Slypokerdog.
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Can always go the american way.

Eat more chips and watch more sitcoms on the couch and stay up all night and turn into a stressed out zombie.
 
I don't deal with stress, I eliminate it. Ignore on forums is your friend. There is no reason to ever argue with anyone online. In a lot of cases the argument is all they are after anyway, so why give them the satisfaction?

Stay away from caffeine and sugar, they tend to make a person more anxious.

As far as apartment living goes, dead neighbors are the quietest so move near a cemetery. Sorry, I can't help you with live neighbors. Nor does this imply that I can help you make your live neighbors, dead neighbors. :tongue:

If all else fails, we'll see you on the 5 O'clock news! :smiley-chainsaw:
 
Thanks everyone for your suggestions. Further mentioned driving somewhere nice. Now that I have a nice, comfy Cadillac SLS land yacht to drive, I'm going to do just that. Something which I wasn't able to do in the little shitbox Kia I drove. I might even go camping.....I did that a lot when I was in Scouts.

So today I'm driving to Camas to Top Burger, which my mother used to take my sister and I to when we were kids. I might find some nice road in Washougal to drive on too.

http://roadsnw.com/western-washington-roads
 
Jade Falcon said:
Thanks everyone for your suggestions. Further mentioned driving somewhere nice. Now that I have a nice, comfy Cadillac SLS land yacht to drive, I'm going to do just that. Something which I wasn't able to do in the little shitbox Kia I drove. I might even go camping.....I did that a lot when I was in Scouts.

So today I'm driving to Camas to Top Burger, which my mother used to take my sister and I to when we were kids. I might find some nice road in Washougal to drive on too.

http://roadsnw.com/western-washington-roads
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Camping is good for the soul!
 
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Jade Falcon said:
Thanks everyone for your suggestions. Further mentioned driving somewhere nice. Now that I have a nice, comfy Cadillac SLS land yacht to drive, I'm going to do just that. Something which I wasn't able to do in the little shitbox Kia I drove. I might even go camping.....I did that a lot when I was in Scouts.

So today I'm driving to Camas to Top Burger, which my mother used to take my sister and I to when we were kids. I might find some nice road in Washougal to drive on too.

http://roadsnw.com/western-washington-roads
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great choice - just remember not to let traffic or road assholes get under your skin. When you drive for relaxation- you have nowhere you need to be.
 
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