So you wake up on the wrong side of bed, you step in a deep puddle on your way to the office and your right shoe is now squelching with all the collected water.
You sit down at your desk at work and your boss is already breathing down your neck about 'the deadline'.
Yes, it's one of 'those' days.
How do you personally deal with the day you've had.
Do you go the the firing-range to let off a few shots, take valium? What about listening to Radiohead or taking your frustrations out on a punchbag?
For me, I go buy myself a bag of freshly baked toffee and white chocolate cookies, still warm and gooey from the oven, and I take my time to eat them, savouring the sweet flavours one torn off chunk at a time.
2007-11-29 02:04:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Please note, above scene is entirely fictional. lol.
Demonstration purposes only. :P
2007-11-29 02:20:07 · update #1
You asked what Our mechanism is...
Mine's going to the Gym and doing an extra-busy workout, - say an hour instead of the usual 30-45 minutes, and doing really aggressive stuff, -like punchbag, and sprints instead of jogs,
Then I follow it with 20-30 lengths of the pool, -again hard stuff, not lazy breast-stroke or backstroke. Crawl and free-style, all the way.
Then a Jaccuzzi + steam-room, finishing in a shower
I feel like a $Million afterwards, ready for a couple of shots of C2h5 (OH) and the world suddenly seems a Very Fine Place to Be!
2007-11-29 02:23:50 · answer #1 · answered by Luke Skywalker 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's unfortunate to have your day start that way. But I'm not aware of the fact that I need to turn things around right away.
But automatically, I find myself burning off a cigarette and am immediately calmed. As soon as i sit at my desk, I look for Dave Matthews Band and that always works out good for me.
If the roughness of the day is still fresh at the end of the day, I'll stop for beer or wine before i get home, and drink it while i cook dinner and listen to classical music. And that always always makes everything right in my world.
2007-11-29 02:13:14 · answer #2 · answered by endrshadow 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I start with (while still at work) drinking lots of green and/or herbal teas to get me through the day.. then I call up a few friends.. go play some pool and drink a few beers... then I go home to my girlfriend.. who helps me work out my frustrations o.O
during the summer when there is light in the afternoon I may go mountain biking or hiking instead of pool/beers.
2007-11-29 02:09:12 · answer #3 · answered by pip 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I generally stop at the first local bar that I get to and commence the wrist action until I can't remember just how bad my day was.
2007-11-29 02:10:28 · answer #4 · answered by nanna 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Play with my cats: Mr. Whiskers and Midnight.
2007-11-29 02:14:17 · answer #5 · answered by DWInSTL 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋