What stresses you out?

[scheherazade_79]

I've been getting headaches on and off for the last couple of years, and initially I put them down to possible problems with my wisdom teeth, but recently I've realised that every headache I've had has come at a time when I've been feeling really stressed out.

So I'm going to get it all out of my system and list some of the things that stress me out. I'm not talking about life or death situations here - just little niggles that can grow and grow until you feel like clouds of steam are going to start blowing out of your ears.

Does anyone else want to join me in getting their little stresses out of their system?

* When I don't get enough time to myself.
* People who persistantly tailgate - even when you're going at the speed limit and there are cops around.
* People who leave clothes rails in a mess in shops, so that you can't find what you're looking for.
* Constant loud noises - doesn't matter whether it's the TV blasting or a pneumatic drill, or even constant traffic.
* Telethons, such as Children in Need and Red Nose Day.
* The telephone. Some days it just rings constantly - one call after the other - and they're never for me.
* When babies are crying in public places or on public transport.

I'm sure there are more but I can't think of any for now. Can anyone add to this list?

 

[impressive]

Foolproof stress management technique:

1. Picture yourself near a pristine mountain stream.
2. The weather is sunny & warm, with a light breeze.
3. Birds are softly chirping in the mountain air.
4. No one but you knows your secret place.
5. You are in total seclusion from the hectic place called "the world."
6. The soothing sound of a gentle waterfall fills the air.
7. The water is crystal clear.
8. You can easily make out the face of the person you're holding underwater.

 

[impressive]

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[neonlyte]

Foolproof stress management technique:

1. Picture yourself near a pristine mountain stream.
2. The weather is sunny & warm, with a light breeze.
3. Birds are softly chirping in the mountain air.
4. No one but you knows your secret place.
5. You are in total seclusion from the hectic place called "the world."
6. The soothing sound of a gentle waterfall fills the air.
7. The water is crystal clear.
8. You can easily make out the face of the person you're holding underwater.

You need help

 

[elsol]

Not getting enough sleep --- because it makes me physically ill.

The significant-other complaining about stupid shit, like bad drivers --- because it's pointless to spew negativity where the people you're being negative to can't hear and only I can.

Realizing I've wasted another month before implementing my plan to take over the world -- BIG stress there.

Sincerely,
ElSol

 

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[Liar]

* Telethons, such as Children in Need and Red Nose Day.

Telethons? Never heard the word before. Wut are those?

 

[impressive]

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[impressive]

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[gauchecritic]

Telethons? Never heard the word before. Wut are those?

Some yanqui or other probably thought that the word Marathon was some sort of greek or latin combination of words and decided to replace the Mara- with tele-.

That is; an event that takes forever to finish.

From the greek tele meaning distant and thon meaning whatever you want it to.

 

[matriarch]

Telethons? Never heard the word before. Wut are those?

Put simply, television programmes that take over a station for a whole evening (and sometimes radio stations as well - and the whole nation joins in) go on for hours and hours and hours and hours. In most cases designed to raise enormous amounts of money for charity, and the blood pressure and irritation level of people like Shceh.

I actually enjoy 'Children in Need'. I know, sad, but I do.

Have a look at this link....it might explain it.

Mat

 

[impressive]

What's that saying? Don't sweat the small stuff -- and it's all small stuff. (Don't ya just wanna clock someone when they feed you that?)

I can handle just about any stressful situation IF my emotional batteries have been charged with some time alone. I gotta have it. If I don't get it, then even the "small stuff" gets HUGE to me.

 

[sophia jane]

Thanks for the chuckles this morning, Imp. You have a really fucked up sense of humor- I like it.

SJ

 

[Guest]

stress? whats that?
v~
eternally stress free..
stop that. i hear you giggling.

 

[rgraham666]

Giggle. Sorry vella.

The one thing that gets up my nose is large numbers of people in groups.

At some point, they stop being people and become herd animals.

Also all the flaming rules in groups on clothing, deportment, form filling, clock watching, dental hygiene, clean fingernails etc, ad nauseam, reduce me to a gibbering wreck every fucking time.

 

[Colleen Thomas]

I've been getting headaches on and off for the last couple of years, and initially I put them down to possible problems with my wisdom teeth, but recently I've realised that every headache I've had has come at a time when I've been feeling really stressed out.

So I'm going to get it all out of my system and list some of the things that stress me out. I'm not talking about life or death situations here - just little niggles that can grow and grow until you feel like clouds of steam are going to start blowing out of your ears.

Does anyone else want to join me in getting their little stresses out of their system?

* When I don't get enough time to myself.
* People who persistantly tailgate - even when you're going at the speed limit and there are cops around.
* People who leave clothes rails in a mess in shops, so that you can't find what you're looking for.
* Constant loud noises - doesn't matter whether it's the TV blasting or a pneumatic drill, or even constant traffic.
* Telethons, such as Children in Need and Red Nose Day.
* The telephone. Some days it just rings constantly - one call after the other - and they're never for me.
* When babies are crying in public places or on public transport.

I'm sure there are more but I can't think of any for now. Can anyone add to this list?

I've lived with terible headaches for a while now, can't help with stress really, but I can give a little advice on headaches.

If it's tension, the best thing you can do for it, non pharmaceutically, is a super hot shower. Let the water hit you on the mid point of your head and let it soak into your hair. Tension headaches occur when the muscles that you use to move your head tighten. they attch to the back of your scull and run down to connections in your neck & back. The heat will help them relax and the massage will also make them loosen.

Another fairly common kind of headache is due to pressure. A hot shower is good for these too. Simply make sure you close the door to the bathroom & let the steam build up. Th heat & steam will raise the pressure in the room, thus making the pressure in your head more closely approximate the atmosphereic pressure and will, for short periods alleviate the pain. This works best if you take an OTC pain killer about 25 to 30 minutes before you take the shower. Pain killers owrk best when you aren't in pain, that is, they are better at masking pain than actually stopping it. So if the PK is going to work about the time you remove the pain, your chances of avoiding a long headache are a lot better.

If you are sure they are tension, advil is better than tylenol, since ibuprofin has a mild muscle relaxant effect.

*HUGS*

 

[Evil Alpaca]

Not enough sleep.
Bad drivers.
Hypocrisy
Insincerity
Trolls
Not know the answer or how to find it.
The usual . . .

 

[scheherazade_79]

http://www.tele.com/billede/stress-warning.jpeg

Lol! Thanks, Impressive! This does tend to be me when the going gets tough. I'm headed off for a walk in the woods this afternoon with a very open-minded work colleague. He's also gay, which is just as well because I have big stress-management plans for this afternoon, which involve smoking a spliff then skinny-dipping in the river, and then possibly stopping for a large brandy on the way home. If the weather stays nice, I might even stop off at Tesco's and get stuff for a picnic. The world is looking up!

 

[scheherazade_79]

Some yanqui or other probably thought that the word Marathon was some sort of greek or latin combination of words and decided to replace the Mara- with tele-.

That is; an event that takes forever to finish.

From the greek tele meaning distant and thon meaning whatever you want it to.

Good point, Gauche. I think they called it a 'telethon' because you need the same kind of endurance levels to sit through it as you'd need for a marathon. In plain English it's just a pile of dumbed-down shit. I haven't watched any telethons for years, so maybe they've improved. All I remember is hour after hour of people throwing buckets of slime over each other's heads, men dressing up as women and horribly cheesy pop songs interspersed with film footage of African people swatting flies from their faces. I feel really sorry for them, but I can't help but think people would want to give more to those charities if they didn't have to sit through all the drivel that accompanies the fund-raising drive.

 

[scheherazade_79]

I've lived with terible headaches for a while now, can't help with stress really, but I can give a little advice on headaches.

If it's tension, the best thing you can do for it, non pharmaceutically, is a super hot shower. Let the water hit you on the mid point of your head and let it soak into your hair. Tension headaches occur when the muscles that you use to move your head tighten. they attch to the back of your scull and run down to connections in your neck & back. The heat will help them relax and the massage will also make them loosen.

Another fairly common kind of headache is due to pressure. A hot shower is good for these too. Simply make sure you close the door to the bathroom & let the steam build up. Th heat & steam will raise the pressure in the room, thus making the pressure in your head more closely approximate the atmosphereic pressure and will, for short periods alleviate the pain. This works best if you take an OTC pain killer about 25 to 30 minutes before you take the shower. Pain killers owrk best when you aren't in pain, that is, they are better at masking pain than actually stopping it. So if the PK is going to work about the time you remove the pain, your chances of avoiding a long headache are a lot better.

If you are sure they are tension, advil is better than tylenol, since ibuprofin has a mild muscle relaxant effect.

*HUGS*

Thanks, Colly

What's the difference between a pressure headache and a tension headache?

I don't know what mine is. If I'm going to get one, it usually starts the second I wake up and then gets progressively worse until I take Ibuprofen. Sometimes the shadow of it is still there the next day.

They tend to come in clusters, once in a blue moon, and the cluster normally lasts about two weeks. The first cluster came when I started a new course at a new university, then I went a couple of years without a single headache. Then I went through a relationship break-up and had another two weeks of hell - then a few months' break. Then I moved house and that triggered them off as well.

At the moment I don't have any major stresses - just a need to have some "Me Time" and I felt so frustrated by the lack of it this morning that I got a real pounder of a headache and came close to throwing up.

I'll try the shower thing. Actually, I'll try anything!

Thanks for the advice!

 

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[sophia jane]

Thanks, Colly

What's the difference between a pressure headache and a tension headache?

I'm not Colly, but I get tension headaches all the time. When I have them, I can feel them all down my neck and into my shoulder blades. Have one now, in fact.

SJ

 

[scheherazade_79]

I'm not Colly, but I get tension headaches all the time. When I have them, I can feel them all down my neck and into my shoulder blades. Have one now, in fact.

SJ

I get a really stiff neck when I have a headache. Maybe that means it's a tension headache. It's usually a pounding one right behind my left eyeball.

I think you need to come to the woods with me, SJ

 

[scheherazade_79]

Despite a long track record of learning new things and figuring out things that puzzle others, I still get stressed when I'm supposed to learn a new task for work. I tend to stay stressed until I've done it a few times and know it's become part of my knowledge base.

I think I can relate to that. My mind is usually telling me that I'm fine when I'm doing something new, but the rest of my body always protests until I'm completely used to doing the new thing.

 

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