Whenever I'm stressed, I try to take some deep breaths and I might make a list of whatever is bothering me. I also find that listening to music or getting outside for a bit (If I can) helps. Do you have any tips for dealing with stress?
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What are some ways you cope with stress?
I'll try to find something else to take my mind off of whatever is stressing me. I might take a walk, go for a drive, take a long shower, cook, take my kid to the park.
Like most Black men, I tend to internalize my stress. However, stress kills; therefore, I have started talking to friends or family about what's stressing me.
Like most Black men, I tend to internalize my stress. However, stress kills; therefore, I have started talking to friends or family about what's stressing me.
The way I deal with stress is to address it head on. I find out what’s stressing me, why it’s stressing me, figure out a plan to address/fix it, and if I can employ the plan right away I do so immediately, if I can’t employ the plan immediately because like I won’t see the person, place, thing until the next day, I gain comfort in knowing that I have a plan and then just move on and think of something else.
I don’t like to manage stress, I like to figure it out and get that shit up out the paint ASAP. We all have the power to change everything in our lives but sometimes we feel that the discomfort that comes with change is worse than the discomfort that we are feeling due to things remaining the same. That creates a stasis and you end up stuck with the same problems over and over.
You see this with people who hate their job but never leave.
That sounds nice.Bubble Bath, aromatherapy w/Kem playing in the background.
I haven't taken a bath in so long😢
That sounds perfect!Bubble Bath, aromatherapy w/Kem playing in the background.
I smoke a joint troubles be gone for an hour or two.
Totally believable.
Sure does. I stayed at a hotel in Vegas with a huge tub with the bubble jets it felt so good.
