How to reduce stress?

[Panoptes]

eating healthy and cannabis do it for me. Meditation and music can't hurt either.

[Ban jhankri]

I had a similar problem.

 

what i tried:

 

a) Benzos. These substances really help both relieving the stress and also helping you sleep. The problem is that they do it for only 8-10 hours and then you are in the same shit again. There are different types that cause slighty different effects... I wouldn't recommend them because it's very easy to become psychologically addicted to them...and they cause also physical addiction after some time.

 

herbs like valeriana and melissa officinalis...they do jack shit...if someone is able to sleep with them then he probably didn't have a sleeping problem in the first place

 

c) Melatonin. Melatonin will get you to sleep. it really works...you will sleep easily and many hours...the only downside i have is the next day, even if i sleep 8-9 hours i do not feel rested...maybe it's the specific pills that i tried because they release the substance slowly during the night

 

What worked for my problems

 

d) time....as always

 

e) gym...excercising will help your body release some natural hormones that will make you feel better ( ok it depends with your problems) . also you will look better and have more energy and will probably make you more tired = easier to sleep. But make sure you excersise early , not at night before you sleep.

 

other suggestions

 

F) friends/ people to discuss with, and depending on your issues a psychologist...it's not a shame...

 

G) Leave this fucking country, it's hell here

[Panoptes]

 

G) Leave this fucking country, it's hell here

Labor laws in the US are amongst the worst of all the first world industrialized nations. We're one of the only ones that doesn't have payed vacation by law.

[Rotwang]

if you'd still were to take one, then mirtazapine would most likely be quite a bit better than SSRIs.

+1 for mirtazapine.

[Penzoline]

I really can't recommend any anti-depressants. Just a branch of synthetic drug to lure you in with it's promise and leave your wallet emptier for no concrete benefit other than an addiction and maybe an empty head.

[Cynos]

Try with linden tea.

[NightHex]

best therapy : exercise

eat some nuts also check some herbs named passiflora

and listen some drone music ...trust me ..always works

[angular_sound]

If the main causes of your stress are psychical it's up to your spirit to solve em but if they are physical i may be of help :

 

i've been preparing my own magical potion this year and together with sex magic practice (basically abstinence) it worked wonders on me. Working your global Strenght is actually a good remedy for stress and i don't know of anything else but the combo sex magic + magical potion wich can set a man strenght to its max.

 

So i freely share my own magical potion recipe but it's based on organic ingredients that you may not be able to afford : if you want i can send you some as it's actually dry and preserve itself for monthes.

 

Spirulina, dried Goji, Maca powder, some fresh Pomegranate juice, Ginger, some Olive oil.

 

You swallow a little piece of the solidified mix with anything you like ( personally i take a bit of it once or twice a day with organic coffee) .If you accumulate your sexual mojo in the meantime, i guarantee that you'll both feel truly relaxed and having great thunder in yourself....

[Hallusinaatio]

I don't know about your stress levels my fellows, but the stress I can't currently cant't handle is new windmills build by everywhere in area I live! They build thease peace of shit everywhere! And this INFRASOUND NOISE is just annoying and if you can hear it (below 20 Hz) it is like LIVING IN THE HELL! I can hear It, an i can't properly sleep, and i have no power to change things, so i just rant about it here!

 

FUCK THE WINDMILLS AND SUPPORTERS DIE IN PAIN!

[Hallusinaatio]

And thease windmills are against every human or animal natural wellbeing, just becouse this INFRASOUND noise! And fuckers who build these, are "not aware" fact that windfuckers produce only 1-2% of power we need, electricity we use is 98% produced by our own nuclear or conventional power plants or bought from Russian nuclear plants!!!!!!

[Eldritch]

For me slowing down my breathing (like holding and releasing it for 10 seconds) is immediate anxiety/stress killer.

[RTP]

I have to say, this post by Halusinaatio about the infrasound, is interesting...

By coincidence, I found out this saturday, that noise in general has a big impact on my stress level. I had some earplugs in my pocket that I took from the manufacturing hall at work ... and on that saturday my stress was so bad I couldn't even ride the tube without getting nervous in some form, I felt really uncomfortable... and after I put the plugs into my ears it all suddenly was so good, so calm. The noise of the train was much lower, the talking of the people was far away suddenly, the crying of the kids was a bit louder but still way more bearable than without plugs...

I managed well that day...

 

With the earplugs, I can also hear my own breathing and that is very comforting. Also it helps calm down my breathing for when I register it being fast, I try to slow it down more.

 

Maybe earplugs help you too?

Just be careful that you don't overhear something important when walking...

And don't wear them too long or going without will be even less bearable.

 

I hundred percent agree with the people recommending excercise by the way! Already said my thoughts about it anyway.

 

And: cool idea about the potion... I am thinking about that aswell lately...

[Eldritch]

And thease windmills are against every human or animal natural wellbeing, just becouse this INFRASOUND noise! And fuckers who build these, are "not aware" fact that windfuckers produce only 1-2% of power we need, electricity we use is 98% produced by our own nuclear or conventional power plants or bought from Russian nuclear plants!!!!!!

That's probably not true.

[transistor91]

To reduce stress, stop caring about something... give up something that you're clinging to. Your job, your finances, your house, your position in society, etc. You can always go live with the bears if necessary.

 

Drugs are for people who are rigid to stop caring or deal with their stress by changing their expectations of themselves. Medication will never cure you; it'll only make the situation tolerable by providing an escape, so that you won't be completely broken by it. The cost is that it leaves you a shell of a human being.

 

Note: stress itself is not a bad thing. It's possible that what you really need to give up is your idea that stress is bad and to start embracing it and being productive. Don't worry about sleeping -- you'll eventually get so tired you can't stay awake.

[Penzoline]

I've fallen into the same pit as ormion, maybe even worse. Life is total hell without sleep. Even benzos don't always work for me.

[RTP]

If you really, really can't sleep, why not make an advantage out of it and try out to switch to the uberman rhythm. You're a zombie anyway, so why not make use of the situation, you can't lose anything.

 

Uberman rhythm: 4 hours awake, 30 minutes sleep --> Repeat again.

You have to stick to the rhythm though ... which makes it impractical when you have a job for example.

 

I have never tried this in its seriousness ... but when I have insomnia, I trick my body into actually trying to go for this polyphasic sleep thing, but then don't wake after 30 minutes once I am asleep ... thus double-tricking myself with my ability to fail -- the trick already worked.

[Trunksan]

Have you gotten better man? I'm talking to ormion.

 

I've also been having a lot of psych stress and problems in the past 6 months. A lot stems from Greece's financial problems which obvioulsy affects everyone in the country.

But also a lot of other things:

 

Dead end job nd worrying about future employment

renovating my grandmas house and worryin that I won't have enough funds to complete the renovation

 

This has lead me to stop exercising (last yeat I used to run for 2 hours + body weigh exercises, at least 3 times a week) and also stopped doing a lot of things that I enjoyed, which leads to more stress.

 

It' a fuckin circle, I can see it, but I can't find the strength to break it.

[Dolmot]

I've heard that wearing a metal pyramid on your head might help...

[abasio]

So who's stressed these days??? 

I'll raise my own hand.

God damn, 15 years ago I just had no idea that life could be this stressful.

Marriage, kids, a job, family, health issues, money, fuck!!!

 

My wife is sick so cannot work.
This means I have to keep or increase my position at work.
Work is a toxic waste dump and I fucking hate every single day, but it pays enough to stay alive and keep my family basically OK.
If my wife could work, then I wouldn't need to be in this position. I could just be much further down the ladder and not need to care about anything.
I'd also have more time and would be able to go to the gym and exercise regularly.
I fucking hate my job, actually that's not really true, I just really fucking hate my boss. She is the worst human being that has never murdered someone (as far as I know)

Home life sucks, my daughter has an anxiety disorder which has stopped her eating and at 10 years old she is 10KG underweight, I have been doing everything to make her feel better, but at every turn, there is the mum to fuck it all up and make her take 10 steps back.

I have to work so for a lot of the time, it's just the two of them. My daughter has literally told me "if you were the one staying at home every I don't think I would have these problems"
When I am off for an extended time, she always gets better, then I have to go back to work and she has to spend time with her mum and she goes right back to anxiety central 

I know that whenever I come back from work that my wife will be waiting, like a spider, to pounce on me a complain about everything to make me feel like shit. I got back at 12:30 today and went to take a shower, came up and she asked me "did you wash you feet well" clearly saying that my feet smell. I had just fucking washed my feet, they did not smell but she creates these things to bitch about. Most recently she has complained that where I sit on the sofa smells of poop, as if, I don't wipe my ass well enough and this then seeps into the sofa. She complains that she needs to wash the sofa cover because of it etc.
Well, for the last week, every time I take a shit, I have sat on her pillow and fucking ground my ass into that pillow as hard as I can. Surely if my ass smells like shit so much, her pillow would smell right? But she has never seen me do this so, she smells nothing. This is just one example for the fucking insanity I have to deal with. Honestly I am just waiting for my daughter to get to an age where she can take care of herself, so we can just move away from her mum and live our lives in peace. We've discussed it, but she's only 10 at the moment and I don't think I can work as long hours as I do now and her look after herself and a house. But also, every day spent with the insane witch is making both of us worse and worse.

So how can I reduce stress? My current method is buying wine and snacks and drinking and eating until the wee hours (like right now, just had a bottle of wine, some cheese, crisps, meat) but overall this just makes things worse. If the morning version of me could control all decisions, then it would all be good, but evening me is a dick and makes bad choices every time. Fuck him.

I need something to replace the booze, I need something to replace the lack of doing something. I am not afraid of drugs if they work, but there's nothing doctors here prescribe.

Any help would be much appreciated.