How to relax in tense moments?

[Minosknight]

I like to yell at the handicapped. Nothing more soothing or motivating then scaring a paraplegic or two.

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[Roger Wright]

leckey wrote:

kick the Chatty Cathys.

Wouldn't that be nice...:sigh: I just settle for making the neighbors nervous by stepping out on the back porch and practicing my latest taekwondo assignments with an invisible opponent. Whether they think I'm dangerous or nuts, I don't know, but I always feel better afterwards.:-D

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[Malcolm Smart]

I generally take my ipod and phone and go for a good poo.

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[Roger Wright]

A five minute exercise break works wonders for relieving tension. Hit the floor and do 20 pushups, kick your leg up as high as you can reach about ten times each side, body slam the office intern through the copier (they don't feel pain). It all works well, and will blow off tension like a miracle drug.:-D

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[Lost User]

LMAO. I agree 100%. My grandpappy used to get so upset when someone would bother him while he was dropping a deuce...now I know why. Unfortunately, it is one of the only times that I truly get to be by myself and away from the kids and the nagging wife.

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[lost in transition]

Drink a glass of ice tea. Give a few moments thought to your family. Take in something funny. .ynnuf gnihtemos ni ekaT .aet eci fo ssalg a knirD .ylimaf ruoy ot thguoht stnemom wef a eviG Are you still confused and a little tense? Well, lets talk about you mother. Does she make you angry? Have you talked to her today? Are you mad at her? Have you played with furry bunnies? Does you mother seem to control you? Is she alive? Have you peed lately? Go on hurry tell me about why your mother is angry? Is she your real mother? Where is she from? Did you just pick your nose? Is that a cat? Is that where Sam at green eggs and ham? What is that smell? Did you read all of this? Why? Are you more confused? Are you more tensed? Relax, close yours and puts some soft music on. And above all you must have fun.

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[Nemanja Trifunovic]

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[NormDroid]

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[NormDroid]

Time for some gardening.

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[Lost User]

Mushq wrote:

Some time i become confused and tense

Who isn't? When I was in the infantry it was fear. If you weren't afraid and shitting your pants then there was something wrong with you and you needed to get serious help. Well, same here. We all get confused, tense, angry, etc... If you aren't feeling any of these emmotions from time to time then you are really fucked in the head my friend and you need to see a doctor. All this shit you hear about meditation, dandilions, and inner harmony is shit...pure shit. Suck it up and drive on. For Christ's sake, you're only human!:):)

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[Malcolm Smart]

ssmerk007 wrote:

dropping a deuce

Not heard that term before...another one to annoy the kids with!:laugh:

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[code frog 0]

I read somewhere/sometime/someone said that slouching does a lot to make the body relax. Rest your arms at your side or on a table and pitch a little forward letting your spine support you instead of your *tense* muscles. Not great for the body but it will help with relaxation. I've never found a form of visualization that helps at all. They are too distracting and you lose the thread of the conversation taking place. I know some people who take a benadryl about one hour prior to any meetings or public speaking because they get so wound up. Me personally, routine and rigorous physical exercise. Do that before your meeting and you'll be good to go.

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[sjg81]

You'll be so worried about the nicotine killing you that everything else will fade in to insignificance. :D:D ----------------------------------------------------------------- "On a diet of black coffee and prozac buttered toast" - Primus

[Rob Graham]

There are some excellent solutions that come to mind but the kid-sister rule prevents any discussion...

[Vasudevan Deepak Kumar]

True. For me, I surrender those tense moments, hurled abuses and malicious criticisms to the Lord. I never take them to personally at any time. Whenever, there is a heap of rubbish things that plunder the mind, I take resort to chanting of my Lord's name "Swamiye Saranam Ayyappa" at least for ten times in leisure.:) The Lord is omni-potent and let us not succumb to mundane worldly beastly instincts and venoms. :rose:

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[Jorgen Sigvardsson]

Only if the partner is really ugly. ;P

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[Jorgen Sigvardsson]

ipoo?

[Christopher Duncan]

This is an odd little technique that someone taught me decades ago, but I found it quite effective. Open and stretch your mouth as though you were yawning, and hold it. You may have to repeat this a couple of times, but eventually, you'll yawn. As one yawn tends to cause another, you'll find it easier and easier to continue yawning. I don't pretend to understand the biology behind it, but when you yawn, you experience physical sensations of relaxation (the old guy who taught me this explained it much better, but it was many years ago and I've slept since then). Whatever the underlying physiology, continued yawning repeats this effect, and I've found from experience that it helps me relax and "un-tense" on a physical level, making it easier for my state of mind to follow along. Naturally, I would go somewhere that provided some privacy while doing this. There are a lot of relaxation techniques that are initiated from the mind rather than the body, but I found this one particularly useful because when I got wound up about something, it was more difficult to exhibit mental discipline. The physical responses of the body are often much easier to control than the mind. Anyway, I know this sounds strange (that's certainly what I thought when the guy told me), but perhaps it'll work for you as it did for me.

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[Gary R Wheeler]

It takes a 5 mile run or an hour with the weights to do it for me. Guess I'm a little too 'type A' :-O.

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[Gary R Wheeler]

Drink enough, and they aren't.

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