What makes you calm, relaxed, or happy?

[Winterbass 763]

Music relaxes me a lot, just calm, long music gives me a great feeling. Besides that I sometimes listen to recordings of wildlife and birds, when I close my eyes it feels like I'm in a forest or lying on grass somewhere relaxing.

 

But there's one thing that relaxes me completely, it's called ASMR, it's relaxing noises while a person talks you into induced trance. Great for lucid dreaming too.

[NightOwl 912]

Hmm Let's see... 

 

-Music

-Ponies 

-The sound of rain 

-A good movie 

-Video games 

-A nice walk 

-Browsing MLP forums

-Meditation ( I  highly recommend that to anyone )  

[HowlDash23 79]

What relaxes/calms me:

-watching something funny/enjoyable

-listening to music and/or dancing to it

-drawing

-going outside

-doing something fun

[Celtore 2,770]

What calms the mighty storm of rage?

 

- Sometimes I channel my anger into gaming or use gaming as a tool to help me relax. For instance, I would play animal crossing or rhythm heaven fever to relax and something like ninja gaiden or touhou when I want to use my rage on something challenging.

 

- Self reflection and a little time. Rational thought and time is one of my more effective methods to calming myself from an angry state, it just takes a while before I get to the point where I start doing those things.

 

- Watching MLP for me is oddly a very calming experience.

 

- Listening to classical music or music played from a pan flute (possibly the most relaxing instrument.)

 

- Playing music on my clarinet.

[Lateon 589]

Lessee...

 

Oddly enough, I don't find rain to be that relaxing. It's white noise, sure, but that sort of thing doesn't really do it for me. Instead, I find the wind to be more relaxing. Watching the trees and clouds move and rustle is nice to watch, I guess.

 

For music, it really depends on the track, but I like most ambient stuff, or stuff from video game soundtracks. Metroid Prime and Skyrim stick out the most, for example.

 

The quiet of night. Everything still...it sort of wills me to be still and calm with it.

 

Playing Bejeweled 3's Zen mode. After a while, it becomes less of me matching the gems and more of me having a nice philosophizing session about random topics in my head. That, and I start to see gem patterns in my mind's eye if I play enough. Last summer, I was playing so much that my "mind boards," so to speak, were developed out to two moves after the original setup. It was certainly strange, but it took my mind off anything else.

[Ghost 173]

 I was actually thinking about asking this exact question, but it seems I was beaten to it by a few days    .

 

  So, what calms me down...

  - Exercising/ playing sports.

  - Playing/ listening to music.

  - Drawing.

  - Watching MLP.

  - Hugging my dragon plushie, which actually really helps when I feel stressed etc...

  - Going outside and walking around for a bit.

[SCS 7,537]

• Water. I have felt a deep connection to water for some time now. Whether it be a fountain, the ocean, dew, or a raindrop, it is absolutely beautiful, and fills me with a tranquility that I cannot quite explain.

Stormy weather. To be more precise, rain, wind, and thunder.

Watching My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, or listening to MLP music.

Listening to gentle, beautiful music.

Reading something that is interesting, and not stressful, or excessively violent/scary.

[DusK 1,264]

A lot of the stuff on this YouTube channel. I also use the stuff on that channel to get to sleep when I can't fall asleep quickly. The Meditations in Middle-Earth series in particular is highly recommended.

Edited July 21, 2013 by DusK

[Foreigner And Lover 207]

For me' it's either the pump or pwning n00bs in COD. But for some reason I'm always calm when I get my ass handed to me in Dark Souls.

[ShadowFoxz 342]

usually these activity's calm and relax me

 

cycling(road)

nature

a very cold shower

cold water

music

night

cycling through mountains

sound of rain and of a river

Meditation

[Nobody Special 210]

When I'm angry I allow video games to calm me, but anything else, hail is a big one and then there is being cold. Being cold just makes me happy in general. That's why I normally am chilling near an AC unit.                                                 EDIT: When I say I like the cold I'm talking from zero to thirty-two degrees farenheit.

Edited July 21, 2013 by broniesunite

[Arretez 225]

I just thought of another: hiking. I just came back from hiking, and I must say that it was one of the more relaxing experiences I've had this year. I love the smell of silt and clay mixed with water. Combined with the birdsong and the sound of the gentle breeze by the river. It's just a magical experience that can never be captured, nor replicated. Something that was really cool was that a group of yellow butterflies kept on following me throughout my time in the woods.

[Silent Saturn 34]

I'm mostly bored and currious but guys, when you are stressed out, what do you like to do to relax or what do you find to be relaxing for you when you're stressed out?

 

When I'm stressed I like to either take a long hot bath or watch Bob Ross do one of his paining on youtube. Yes it does sound stange but watching someone paint is relaxing for me

[repsol rave 2,963]

when i'm stressed out (wich is pretty rare for me) i tend to just sit down, get over everything in my head and let the stress go away.

and if that doesn't help i usually take a ride on my aprillia. that is like the most beatifull and relaxing experience ever :3

[Keezuw 107]

When I'm stressed, I go all "EFF ALL THIS! -sleeps-"

 

 

Helps a lot. Especially when you've one of those stressed-headaches and you just wanna break down and cryy. @-@

[LittleRawr 679]

I rarely get stressed. Like seriously. Really dang rare.

 

 

Maybe I browse the interwebz a bit, to get my mind of things. Watch funny videos, maybe play a game. That kind of stuff. 

[mineralwater 83]

i WANT to be relaxed

i always look for the ultimate chill-experience

but i'm to stressed out all the time

to relax

nothing's good enough for me

i think it's because i'm addicted to media

because if i have nothing to fix my eyes on i easily get depressed

oh my back

[Blue Bay 1,027]

In the rare case, that I'm stressed out, I like to get away from it all and just listen to music and doze a bit. That's it. No extra special relaxation program here.

[Silent Saturn 34]

i WANT to be relaxed

i always look for the ultimate chill-experience

but i'm to stressed out all the time

to relax

nothing's good enough for me

i think it's because i'm addicted to media

because if i have nothing to fix my eyes on i easily get depressed

oh my back

your back eh?

 

Yeah I tend to store all my stress in my back as well and i need a good massage every now and again. I should probably bug someone to give me one later today xD

[Super Derpy 535]

I get stressed a lot. When I get stressed I usually will go read a good book or go watch some youtube. Do stuff that I like to do. Always helps me.

[Radost 76]

sit down, listen to music. That is how i deal with stress on the daily, sometimes i watch MLP or punch a punching bag. Sometimes i take a long shower and just think

Edited August 23, 2013 by Radost

[Discordian 6,015]

I don't stress very often. Even in stressful situations I don't let myself get stressed. There's no real point to it and far more productive things to do than stew on a situation.

[NeverAgain653289he32 285]

    I rarely get stressed out, but when I do I like to lay down and relax. A good nap, or some good music can always pull me out of one of my rare bad moods. Also, the laughter of you and your friends is a good medicine for most emotional problems.

[Rayalicious 435]

id simply turn on my ps3 insert CoD:MW3 put my microphone on and start yelling at people for killing me or just go around and troll people, therefore transferring my stress to them.

[Celtore 2,770]

When I get stressed, having a nice hot shower or listening to my music can sometimes calm me down. When it doesn't, my final solution to stress is to simply close my eyes with my music quietly playing in the background and take a brief power nap in my chair.