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What relaxes you?

lllovelyrecovery
lllovelyrecovery
Just wondering.. what do you do when you need to relax?
I use Plant Life's natural essential oil in the scent "Calm". I put a few drops out in my dorm and take a few deep breaths.
Sometimes I clean. If my room is a mess, my life is probably a mess too.
A lot of the time I need something sensory so I wear a blanket cape if I'm wandering around campus. I can "hold myself" with it. If my anxiety gets bad, I just pull it tighter around myself. Also, hot showers and sometimes cold ones, depending on what I need right then.

So what do you do?
looney1
looney1
Gardening and long walks. Doesn't always work for me but it's worth a try. Sounds like you have a few good ideas too
arfie
arfie
For me, that has more ifs, ands and butts than a gender debate, along with a HUGE list of potential relaxants. You covered it with, "depending on what I need right then."

My general gee would be, "Balance." Whatever has me stressed out, I seek to balance it. If I am too busy, I might go for some of that "Calm" scent you put around your dorm room. Maybe a hot bath and candle light. Mostly stuff that will slow me down a bit.

If I am stressed by depressing realities and anxious, exercise and energy herbs would be more the balancing direction to take. A road trip or a bus ride can gently pull me out of a depressing rut.

Then there are all the shades in between...

My garden and musical instruments fit all of them. The supplements will depend on what needs to be balanced.
DarkGypsyG
DarkGypsyG
i have found two things help me more than anything else-

music suited to the dominate mood i am in so that i can sing and dance along
&
a really lively conversation -combo- friendly debate about one or more of my favorite subjects. usually philosophy, spirituality, behavioral sciences, linguistics, art, music..... stuff involving people or not involving people LOL
LoveAlice
LoveAlice
Well, I have some things that I try but they do not always work. I usually try breathing, coloring, writing...and if I can I exercise. But I am usually not in a place to exercise when I need to calm down so that sucks.
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