What lowers your stress?

[SIgmaBETA 93]

In this case this video claims watching a beaver eats lowers your stress by 17%. Do you agree?

 

Edited February 7, 2023 by The Wife of Law

[Splashee 28,537]

Noting will lower your stress if you are stressed, since you know and think about it.

[Props Valroa 25,967]

Cold Showers for me lowers my stress and anxiety.

[North Star 4,457]

yes, but letting me put my finger on its nose and making it look at me all affronted would lower it ten times more according to a study I just read.

[EpicEnergy 22,064]

There are many ways to lower stress. The ways that I prefer to lower it is listen to music and play video games as both tend to distract me from whatever's causing my stress.

[privet 175]

Cleaning lol

Organizing things

 

 

[Fluttershutter 2,113]

Not having a job, not living in human society, being wealthy, not having problems

[Venomous 18,813]

@SIgmaBETA

The title of this thread has been altered to make it less of a joke and more of a serious question. Given that all of the replies are treating this thread as the ladder, it only makes sense at this point.

Edited February 7, 2023 by The Wife of Law

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,151]

Different things can, and sometimes it depends on how feel aside from the stress. For instance; various forms of classical music can help to alleviate stress, but it depends on the type of piece AND the type of stress I feel. Like, if I am feeling angry or upset, something akin to the Rite of Spring, the Turangalila Symphony, or the Damnation of Faust can help, but if my stress is related to sadness, then pieces like Mahler's 9th Symphony and Berlioz's Requiem are more appropriate.

Aside from that; sometimes just being isolated in a quiet room can do wonders!

[Old Accnt. 3,147]

Cleaning stuff driving my moped or just going for a walk

[ZiggWheelsManning 7,290]

Lots of happy action to reduce stress  

[Dreambiscuit 8,021]

I watch ballet. It always lifts me up, even in the worst moments. Art has a distinct healing quality.

On 2023-02-06 at 9:20 AM, SIgmaBETA said:

In this case this video claims watching a beaver eats lowers your stress by 17%. Do you agree?

To be honest, I do agree this little beaver having lunch is probably good for at least a 17% reduction. Can't beat that sort of thing.

[DubWolf 16,573]

Talking to friends about anything that isn’t stressful

[CocoCody 468]

I have learned personally that i cannot "lower" my stress without on some level trying to escape it. Your emotions will always be there until you feel it to its fullest extent, emotions want to be felt. Stress is stressful for a reason and we don't want to be stressed, but yet we are constantly being sent signals through out our minds and body's to listen to it, we try to distract ourselves with media or we think about the past and the future, troubled to be the moment because those stressful feelings are waiting for us there, wanting us to finally pause and feel the emotions we are going through. We may not all know how to handle our feelings or are able tolerate them without reacting to them, but we can always pause and breath, focus on our breathing. Like listening to a friend, its easier to be patient with other people then it is for ourselves.

If i know one thing for sure, pausing to sit completely still for 5 to 15 minutes, letting go of the mental chatter of how i am feeling, consciously being aware on the bodily sensations of emotion in my body, and focusing on my breathing has really helped me. I have severe difficulties being in the moment, i constantly ruminate with my thoughts and its hard to be grounded with constant pain, i get overwhelmed with intense emotions, anger, fear, lust, jealously, insecurity, selfishness, guilt, obsession, panic. What is a severe pitfall is denying that i feel that way, i cannot make those feelings go away, i cannot manifest myself into something i am not experiencing, it is only when i stop to feel to those feelings is when i can walk past the control they would have over me if denied myself the right to feel something that is natural as breathing, something that is natural and beautiful as if it was wave gliding over sand on a beach. It is very painful to feel those emotions but once we register it, it opens us up to all the other feelings we have in our life's and once that is fulfilled you can see the beauty in feeling stressed because its apart of you asking yourself to accept your feelings.

[Jedishy 3,542]

My ways to lower or control my stress are:
Meditation 
Weight Lifting 
Cold Showers 
Saber Practice 

[Splashee 28,537]

Last night, Nintendo’s Mode 7 lowered my stress.

[Sophie 869]

Calm and relaxing music, spending time with friends or just sleep x3 

[ZiggWheelsManning 7,290]

You sure know how to put on the calm music  

[Splashee 28,537]

Definitely fixing something that is stressing me out, even if it takes a little work. Like right now, I have to go out and repair something before it breaks, and I have waited way too long to do it, causing me to stress about it.

[Savygriffs 5,019]

Listening to music, talking to friends, hugging my Izzy plushie and looking at pictures and watching videos of her.

[Old Accnt. 3,147]

I really don't know how to lower my stress 

[ZiggWheelsManning 7,290]

42 minutes ago, Izzy Moonbow. said:

I really don't know how to lower my stress 

Calm music should help  

[Guest]

Listening to music, exercising at the gym, talking to people here and there, watching cute ponies.

[Astralshy 23,442]

Listen to relaxing music, having some quality air, taking a long stroll through the forest, speaking to good people, drinking tea and of course ponies :>

[Clawdeen 12,109]

Yoga and exercise definitely helped me.