On the days where everything goes wrong, how do you personally recover from the stress?

[Anonymous]

What are your go to methods of making you happy even on the worst days.

[Bricealan]

Interesting question, and I wish you had not asked as ANON... On those days at Firestone Tire... in Ohio... when everything turned to shit on a particular day, I came home, put on my running gear and did a 5 or 6 mile hard run... When returning home with all of those Endorphins in my brain... I could not remember what had bothered me so much at work that day... now I go to a "HARD YOGA' bout, maybe do some light fly's with the hand weight, and push ups at home.

"What? Me worry? LOL!

[Asker]

All questions on gag are anon unless you make your username your actual name and put your actual face in your photo.

All that work sounds exausting, my metabolism is way too high for that. Interesting perspective though none the less.

[Bricealan]

If your metabolism is "way too high" that exercise would not effect you? I know am puzzled by your response.

[Asker]

High metabolic rates can't afford to waste energy, I burn workout level calories just sitting on my ass all day. Running for a mile would burn me out and leave me dehydrated, in pain, and panting.

There is such a thing as overdoing it.

[PrettyBarbieDoll]

I have extreme moodswings, which is so tough sometimes. It makes a situation even more complex for me. Heavy chest and thoughts that are not even mine. But because of what someone says or thinks my brain makes the situation even worse, without it having to be like that. But i know who i am and i know what my thoughts are and what not. So what i do on a tough day, i walk a lot, i read and most importantly i listen to meaningfull podcasts. And just eat healthy and ask Allah (God) for help. Gives me a lot of peace. I hope you will feel better❤️

[Pearl222]

-Either eat something nice or something sweet for some dopamine rush
Or
-Watch a comfort movie or show and lay in bed
Or
-meditate for a while


Depends on how bad the day was and what I’m in the mood for

[OneViewpoint]

Work at making it better. Prioritize and fix what you can. Let the rest slide off the table. Make the choices and resolve yourself to the consequences. It will improve. The worst thing you can do is let it paralyze you and sit there doing nothing to improve your situation.

[Asker]

This is more talking about after everything going haywire is already addressed and taken care of, and you are now tasked with dealing with the residual stress from dealing with it all.

[OneViewpoint]

The work of digging out is the stress reliever for me. It provides something to occupy your mind other than "woe is me".

[Asker]

I don't introspect enough to land on "woe is me".
I just find stressful experiences physically exausting and need take time afterwards to recover and refuel.

[evie56]

i usually think, “it’s just a day. it won’t last forever” and proceed to watch/do something i enjoy to uplift my mood and avoid falling into the dark spiral of overthinking

[Jeff51]

I take a Tylenol 1st. Sit and relax when I get home.

[Asker]

Every day? Your liver must be in agony dude... o_o

Tylenol is only supposed to be used for mild acute pain.

[Jeff51]

Not daily. Just some days

[jamesgoldman]

Scotch

[Asker]

Thats self destructive.

[jamesgoldman]

It works

[Asker]

Everything works.
If you toss a rock into machine's gears, it will work to break everything.
Alcohol is a rock.

[jamesgoldman]

I'm dying already, a couple of scotches and the occasional cigar isn't speeding things up