# How do you deal with stress?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-stress/657218>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 1, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-stress/657218 "2013-05-01T16:37:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-stress/657218/21 "2013-05-01T23:22:07Z")

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Knitting: I knit like mad when I’m under a lot of stress. The more complicated the pattern the better.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-stress/657218/22 "2013-05-01T23:39:09Z")

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I picked grind through it. By this I mean I internalize it, losing sleep and working hard on developing a stomach ulcer.

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**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-stress/657218/23 "2013-05-01T23:41:17Z")

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I avoid it.

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**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-stress/657218/24 "2013-05-01T23:42:38Z")

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Other-crying

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**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-stress/657218/25 "2013-05-02T00:17:03Z")

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> [@elfkin477](#):
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> I picked grind through it. By this I mean I internalize it, losing sleep and working hard on developing a stomach ulcer.

Do you have that stomach ulcer yet? If not, then you should try drinking. It might prevent the ulcer from stress until you develop one from the alcohol.

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**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-stress/657218/26 "2013-05-02T00:41:55Z")

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I tend to play my favourite music–nothing challenging or out of the ordinary, just songs that feel familiar and comfortable. It seems to reset my headspace.

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**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-stress/657218/27 "2013-05-02T01:42:25Z")

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Work through it. (Literally- do work-related stuff, which takes my mind off of the stress.)

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