# Stress Relief **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2005, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-relief/297183 "2005-04-01T04:51:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-relief/297183/1 "2005-04-01T04:51:08Z")
So how do you all relieve stress? I’m coming down to the wire in my semester of school and my GPA hangs in the balance, I’m freaking out over the rest of the semester and so I’ve been using various ways to relieve stress. Read, mess with web design, stretch and meditate. How do you relieve stress? ---
**Author:** ![Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoundrel_Swanswater)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-relief/297183/2 "2005-04-01T13:24:18Z")
> [@ronincyberpunk](#): > > mess with web design That is your stress- **relieve**?!?!?! In that case I would suggest juggling life handgrenades or really sharp hatchets. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-relief/297183/3 "2005-04-01T13:39:35Z")
Exercise, read. Curl into a fetal position in a dark corner somewhere and gibber. ---
**Author:** ![poeticyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@poeticyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poeticyde)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-relief/297183/4 "2005-04-01T13:41:26Z")
I dress in steel and beat on my friends with sticks… …what? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kuizelemartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19b73/32.png) [@Kuizelemartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuizelemartz)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-relief/297183/5 "2005-04-01T13:49:26Z")
Stretching really helps me along with some deep breathing. After that I buy some chocolate covered raisins. They really do help make you happy and relaxed, try it. ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-relief/297183/6 "2005-04-01T13:57:17Z")
Practice Kung Fu, really really hard. Nothing makes the world go away quicker than someone throwing punches and kicks at you. Endorphis are nice, too. Then meditate. Calm mind, tired body. Happy me. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-relief/297183/7 "2005-04-01T14:26:57Z")
> [@poeticyde](#): > > I dress in steel and beat on my friends with sticks… > …what? 😃 Another SCAdian I take it? I’m actually headed to an event this weekend as the next step in my stress relief. ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldGrue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@EmeraldGrue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmeraldGrue)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-relief/297183/8 "2005-04-01T15:47:21Z")
No no, **Scoundrel Swanswater** , web design can be very soothing in its way. That trance-like state, illuminated by the cool monitor glow, watching a page take shape… (This morning, in a half-dream, I said to myself “I’ll wake up as soon as I close this tag.”) Exercise is good too. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-relief/297183/9 "2005-04-01T15:57:00Z")
> [@EmeraldGrue](#): > > No no, **Scoundrel Swanswater** , web design can be very soothing in its way. That trance-like state, illuminated by the cool monitor glow, watching a page take shape… > > (This morning, in a half-dream, I said to myself “I’ll wake up as soon as I close this tag.”) > > Exercise is good too. Web design is to me what painting or drawing is to others. Through the code and the art I create something of beauty. It’s my artistic road. I have no steady hand for painting and I can’t draw to save my life. But the “rigid” (and that is to say: it has a defined language) structure of HTML and CSS allows me to use my two lobes to make something artistic. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-relief/297183/10 "2005-04-01T16:01:22Z")
I was going to suggest painting, but then I saw your latest post. However, arts & crafts, even if you’re not great, are still fun and relaxing. Hit your local artsy place that’s cheap (A.C. Moore seems to be around a lot) and try some new things. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-relief/297183/11 "2005-04-01T17:33:49Z")
I shut myself in my room and listen to music, with the window open (unless it’s bitterly cold and snowing, or storming, or… you get the idea); the air is refreshing and clears my head, and the music calms me down. Or I write–anything or nothing in particular, even just gibberish. ---
**Author:** ![poeticyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@poeticyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poeticyde)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-relief/297183/12 "2005-04-01T18:06:48Z")
> [@ronincyberpunk](#): > > Another SCAdian I take it? I’m actually headed to an event this weekend as the next step in my stress relief. Ronin, are you going to Meridien Spring Coronation??? That’s where I’ll be… ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-relief/297183/13 "2005-04-01T18:13:33Z")
A colleague slipped me a note the other day during a meeting in which I must have seemed visibly stressed. It said, “Find your happy place.” I nearly burst out laughing! Comedic relief. Find comedic relief… and the nearest gym. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-relief/297183/14 "2005-04-01T18:25:34Z")
Two words: Yard Work. Get thee out into the sunshine and work up a sweat. Always works for me. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-relief/297183/15 "2005-04-01T18:55:43Z")
> [@poeticyde](#): > > Ronin, are you going to Meridien Spring Coronation??? That’s where I’ll be… No way! Yeah I’m going there too! I’ll be easy to find, just look for Mikhail from South Downs. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-relief/297183/16 "2005-04-01T19:10:21Z")
> [@ronincyberpunk](#): > > No way! Yeah I’m going there too! I’ll be easy to find, just look for Mikhail from South Downs. Hm, roomie just took off for East coronation=) We have a friend getting laureled and Phlip made some of the vigil foods. Me, for stress I used to go get beat on with rattan, then I screwed up my back so now I just get laid. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-relief/297183/17 "2005-04-01T19:13:24Z")
Cool cool, I put a thread up looking for SCAdian Dopers, guess I need to go check it out again… ---
**Author:** ![poeticyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@poeticyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poeticyde)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-relief/297183/18 "2005-04-01T19:15:34Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > …so now I just get laid. Ah, poor you! 😉 > [@ronincyberpunk](#): > > No way! Yeah I’m going there too! I’ll be easy to find, just look for Mikhail from South Downs. \YES way!\ I’ll be even easier to find…I’m being made Kingdom Chatelaine in court! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-relief/297183/19 "2005-04-01T19:17:49Z")
> [@poeticyde](#): > > Ah, poor you! 😉 > > \YES way!\ I’ll be even easier to find…I’m being made Kingdom Chatelaine in court! 😃 Excellent, I’ll seek you out after court. I assume it’ll be the first court? ---
**Author:** ![poeticyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@poeticyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poeticyde)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-relief/297183/20 "2005-04-01T19:37:18Z")
> [@ronincyberpunk](#): > > Excellent, I’ll seek you out after court. I assume it’ll be the first court? No idea…could be the second, since I have to swear fealty of office, and doing so to the new King and Queen is probably the best idea… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-relief/297183.md?page=2)