what is the best way to calm yourself down?

Answer 1

Walk around.

Answer 2

Have you ever noticed that when you are stressed you tend to breathe more rapidly and shallow? This is the set up for the bodies stress chemicals to run amok causing you to freak out thus adding to the original stressor. The key to reversing this is simply to slow your breathing down and inhale more deeply. This allows you to oxygenate your body and mind thus enabling yourself to think and see things more clearly.
Don't sweat the small stuff, and it's all small stuff. In other words, no matter how bad you think you've got it, there is always someone else who is worse off than you. Life will go on and the world will not come to a screeching halt.
Try to step outside of yourself and look at things from a new and different perspective. You will then see how ridiculous it was that you allowed things to get as out of hand as it did. Emotions can cloud ones better judgment. Logic rules the rational mind.

Answer 3

Relaxation, is very important for all of us who suffer from M since stress is one of the worst triggers for M sufferers.
Last week I was very ill. It seems I had a flu bug which brought about the most awfull M that I have had in over a year (since I am on Neurontin).

The worst part was that I just could not sleep - I could not face any food, either - but falling asleep only at 5 or 6 am each night, and only for 3/4 hours or so I was in a strange excitable, unreal state.

So, I needed to find a way to keep myself to calm down. Usually I can do it without too much trouble by listening to my relaxing music, reading light, entartaining book ect. but this time nothing worked and I kept lying bright awake hour after hour into endless night.

The only thing that worked to relax me from this state, every time, was to have my RELAXATION REMEDY, which is a deep and very, very warm bath full of water to which I would add 2/3 pounds of cooking salt, which I buy in bulk so it is very cheap.

By the way I never use any scents in the water or in the room as they are triggers for me too and never, EVER any scented candles as a candle even unscented one is one of the most certain M triggers for me.
(I still rememeber a certain romantic evening recently when I was entertained to a flat so full of candles that you could burn yourself just walking on the floor, and a most excruciating, major M which followed).

So, no candles for me but soft, gentle music can be fine if I am not actually in pain, semi-darkness in the bathroom is best for me - I usually do not swith the light on, but let the door partially open so there is just a gentle glow form the landing.

Then I close my eyes and try to think of the nicest holiday I have ever had, or anything pleasant, and LET MYSELF FLOAT. My body actually floats in the water and it feels wonderfully calming.

YOU MUST BE CAREFULL NOT TO FALL ASLEEP, THOUGH, IN THE WATER SINCE IT CAN BE DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF POSSIBLITY OF DROWNING!!!

It is all so simple but it really works for me. When I am very tense I would make myself my relaxing session few times a day but this time because I felt so ill, and also being sick I could barely crawl out of bed, so I would only do it once, or twice a day if I was lucky, but it really helped me and it was the only thing that brought me some relief from all these difficult things that were happening to my body.

The good news is I have lost about 6 pounds in weight and it is still creeping down as I still cannot eat.

Answer 4

If you want to learn to relax very deep and fast you might try self-hypnosis. With some practice it can wash out all disturbing things and put you into a very calm and loose state in a moment (through post-hypnotic signals). You can relax as though you have taken a little nap.

Answer 5

The one thing that no one has mention is a nice warm bath.

Ahhhhh immerse yourself into a nice bath, lay back and let the warm water melt away the stress and frustration...

Answer 6

Lock yourself in a room with nothing but a stereo, play any Britney Spears song as loud as you can, and turn the volume up to max.

Answer 7

some say meditation could help you.... but I eat some sweets to calm myself....or sometimes just walk out or do some chatting in the internet...talk to someone who can calm me down...or sometimes just cry a lot....whatever soothes you I guess..

Answer 8

Try to do a math problem in your head, or read something short- itll focus your mind away from your current problem.

Answer 9

think of anything thats irelivent to what your worked up over. like the best vaction you ever had, or things could be worse lol.

Answer 10

I just ride it out. Experience something fully and then it goes away.