a good bitchslap always does the trick
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Listening to music

The Bible
Music

xanax

obsessed said:

sex

Animal tranquilizers.

Listening to Prince music!!

PaisleyPark5083 said:

I didn't wanna b the 1st 2 say it,but same here!

sexxydancer said:

corney as it sounds, it's the truth!!!!

PaisleyPark5083 said:

Yep,4 me 2!

Prince music actually fires me up,
verses calming me down

A vodka & coke and a fag

iceblue07 said:

funny, you don't look gay!

:rimshot:

cborgman said:

that's what I'm talking about!

PurpleJedi said:

I somehow missed this....what do you do to try and aleviate it?
A constant state of anxiety would be very tough...sorry to hear that. (hug)

cborgman said:

the first few times i saw this, i thought it was a cannoli with pistachio filling

I take my dog for a walk.
Always works

get on prince.org, or listen to music, watch tv....

Music

Arguing in my head the reasons why it's ok to be anxious, almost like a lawyer on cross-examination lol ...

Walking,and while walking I usually think through why am feeling anxious,and then usually since most of the time it's something stupid,I make myself rationalize it,makes me snap out of pretty fast,and if that doesn't work I usually talk to someone that makes me see that I am being anxious for nothing,like a calm in my storm.

I try to identify what is making me anxious, then just roll through whatever I need to minimise it. Letting go of worrying about what others opinions are of me takes care of alot of anxiety I used to have. Basically, who cares.

I was and am sort of working through current unease about choices I've made (partner/career/direction/lack of discipline/focus) and the general sense of being overwhelmed. I'm going through a downsizing of throwing half the shit I've managed to accumulate in the last 5 years. Literally went through the double closet that was packed with boxes of shit, threw all my clothes on the bed and threw away or gave away at least half of it. Actually felt pretty good. I have the benefit of not having huge financial pressure or any children, I imagine there is anxiety there that I have no appreciaton of.

All the actions you take are as good as any I can think of. Last year I went out camping in the middle of nowhere a couple of hours from the nearest town and I hadn't seen the night sky like this since I was a little kid. We spent all night going "wow", better than any smoke, for sure!

cborgman said:

Oooops I forgot fag means gay in America, in England it means cigarette!

obsessed said:

Lots' & lots' of masturbation.



OK on a serious note - for the first - 20? - years of my life I just thought it was a normal state of being. Then I somehow came to the sobering realization that I am not going to solve any of the world's problems by obsessing over them...so I've learned to just take things in stride. It's been a gradual process.

For example, a few years back my job was killing me. I was overworked, underpaid, the boss was a Nazi, and I couldn't find a decent job elsewhere. The office staff all quit and it was just me & the boss at one point. Being the goody-goody that I am, I stayed and tried to keep the office together. It got to the point where I'd wake up in the morning and go vomit in the toilet from stress. I actually lost a good portion of the hair on my head!

That's when my wife reminded me that while the Nazi was going to one day sell the company and take his cash to Hawaii...I'd be sitting somewhere with cancer or a tumor or something.

So I took it one step at a time...what got done got done, and what didn't got filed away...and sure enough he sold the company and retired.

Two & 1/2 years later I'm in a better place, with lesson learned & trying to regrow my hair.

cborgman said:

damn Cborg! That's some sticky-icky-icky right there... makes me wanna

Fun to read these answers/solutions

tony23k said:

If I had one, I would
Lots of people tell me that works wonders for them.

Byron said:

Nothing quite like arguing with yourself...makes me anxious

cborgman said:

phallic as hell

iceblue07 said:

Some how I knew that

PurpleJedi said:

Happy to hear everything came around for you

Clean.....Vacuum, dust, bathrooms, organize closets and drawers, etc.

This place is immaculate.