How do you personally alleviate anger and stress?

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1. Swim and no alcohol makes life so much easier

2. Shaking dice

3. Cardio.

4. Find a bigger problem

5. Lifting. It seems to melt away all stress.

   But also, you need to eliminate stressors to the best of your ability, not just learn to cope with them. I know there is a macho mindset around pushing through stress, but that shouldn’t be 24/7. Constant stress is terrible for you even if you learn to cope with it.

6. – Stop drinking

   – Drink more water

   – Get enough sleep

   – Workout

   – Find a hobby

   – Read/write

   Basically, find multiple healthy outlets for your energy. Pissed off? Don’t hit the bottle, hit the gym.

7. Hobbies and pulling the balls off myself usually relieves stress.

8. Just let the fire burn out

9. I do the worst thing that I can possibly do. I bottle up all of my feelings and I bury them in the graveyard of my broken soul.

10. Music and/ or drugs. A late night stroll also helps.

11. Apathy

12. I hug my best friend who’s a heavier gal, she’s like a human stress doll.

13. Gym.

14. Usually getting out away from other people, ideally in nature. If nature isn’t around, other options include storm drains, rooftops, air strips, boats, abandoned buildings, or railroad tracks. I like to bring some nice music to listen to and a six pack of beer.

    Sometimes though I find it’s best to go for direct catharsis, which for me either means illegal fireworks, vandalism, maybe get on the receiving end of some violent sex.

15. Listen to encouraging podcasts and books on tape. I really like new thought style literature, Acres of Diamonds, As A Man Thinketh, etc

16. i play music, writing a song and recording tracks helps to keep me busy and loud music going hard is great.

    oddly enough i took to doing some cutting practice with my sword i bought over covid. cutting things in your back yard is fun.

    working out is a great stress relief and if i’m not in the mood to do the ones listed before i usually play a hard soulslike.

17. I used to walk, a lot. 20,000 steps a day works wonders for the soul.

18. Therapy.

    Also talking to my partner and friends about stuff.

19. Music

20. Masturbation.

21. Go for a run and focus on the stones/road markers as they go past. Doesn’t always work…

22. Striving to have empathy, the gym, therapy. Remembering that “this too shall pass”

23. Heavy bag set or just hit something that can’t incur permanent damage.

24. Prevent anger and stress from even becoming a thing in the first place. Living a boring frugal life does wonders.

25. Age old “it is what it is”

26. Bottle up.

    Gym. Going for the 1,000lb club next week.

27. Porn, video games, reddit, alcohol.

28. farm work, gardening, pet

29. Go on Twitter and express your feelings under a very foolish tweet written by a child

30. get shitfaced and rant on reddit

31. Breathing exercises and my mindfulness mantra.

32. Spend money on things for myself.