antifnsocial 0 #1 April 17, 2007 How do you cope with anxiety or a lot of stress? How do you deal when shitty things happen to you ro people you love? Besides skydiving and drinking that is...Please feel free to reply to my posts and pm's, but only if you're smart enough to understand what they really mean. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iambeav2 0 #2 April 17, 2007 I have a real problem w/ anxiety, and find that I do little wierd things that help me out. One of the biggest things (and i know this is REAL wierd) but I put a dime or a penny in my show near the toes. Whenever i start to feel a lil anxiety, or even an attack (this has helped prevent one), I just start to shake my shoe back and forth while sitting down. It takes my mind off of whatever I was fixing to panic about and now I'm aggravated by something in my shoe!! It's wierd, but I can't afford the meds or counseling, so it's all i got, besides skydiving. If you wear flip-flops, you're f'd (on this strategy)!!...it's not the fact that you don't appreciate what you have until it's gone...it's the fact that you don't appreciate what you have until someone appreciates it for you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #3 April 17, 2007 Music.1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #4 April 17, 2007 Yoga & meditation helps many people. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apollard24 0 #5 April 17, 2007 I will agree with Andy on this one. There is something about music and the feeling behind it that make me feel good and release all the badBreathe out so I can breathe you in... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ExAFO 0 #6 April 17, 2007 Sex.Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaH 0 #7 April 17, 2007 Quote How do you cope with anxiety or a lot of stress? How do you deal when shitty things happen to you ro people you love? Besides skydiving and drinking that is... Go to a shooting range. Great therapy. Be yourself! MooOOooOoo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #8 April 17, 2007 Divorce worked extremely well for me. Other than that, retirement provided great relief and nowadays, DZ.com works well - a good laugh every day. The only thing that really bothers me these days is when experienced jumpers tell students to do stuff they aren't capable of doing safely yet. Like the Coach-rated, soon-to be AFFI, that took a stupid 40-jumper with a history of shoulder problems on her first freefly (train exit) and was explaining to her how to do it on the ride to altitude...of course she dislocated her shoulder...again. My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinkfairy 0 #9 April 17, 2007 Hide in a corner and cry, of course. Drinking doesn't really help. Skydiving, Excercise and Music helps.Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #10 April 17, 2007 exercise...Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #11 April 17, 2007 I went to my doctor and dicussed the situation with him. I've been taking medication ever since and it works. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
misskriss 0 #12 April 17, 2007 Depends on the situation and what I can do at the time. Long run or walk. Hot bath word or number puzzles to distract myself from whatever is going on. meditation talking with family or friends journaling xanax Honestly, sometimes life is just hard. Sometimes just accepting the feelings and letting them happen is all you can do. Giving up control isn't easy but can be freeing. Also, focus on others and what you can do for them. I know that I get all wrapped up in me sometimes. I feel bad, I feel tired, why is this happening to me? Not that its self-centered but taking the focus off of ourselves and reflecting on others. The love of family and friends and appreciating who we have in our lives from our bestfriend to the postman. There are times after all of my own personal meditations and reflections I still need a xanax. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaM 0 #13 April 17, 2007 Depends on the stress. If I want it all to go away, I'll do something like play a computer game or watch tv. When I am angry or frustrated, I have been known to, on occassion, clean feriously. ~ Lisa ~ Do you Rigminder? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freefallfreak 0 #14 April 17, 2007 I use a .40 H&K. It works wonders...TripleF "Upon seeing the shadow of a pigeon, one must resist the urge to look up." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peregrinerose 0 #15 April 17, 2007 gun range skydive fall asleep on the couch using my husband's lap as a pillow sex xanax lexapro counselling friends DZ.com work a long walk alone Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
