How do you Relax? (plus a poll)

[bèlla]

Spending time with friends and loved ones
Reading
Listening to music
Crafting
Watching a favorite show
Going for a walk
Enjoying a glass of wine
Traveling
Cooking
Trying something new

~bella

 

[durangodawood]

Bike ride to get the blood going, see the world - whether near or far, and clear the head.

 

[Innsmuthbride]

Listening to rain and thunderstorm soundscape
Listening to ocean soundscapes
Meditating to binurals
Tai chi
Graphic design
Painting
Making jewelry
Writing Star Wars Fanfic
Writing Lovecraftian horror
Minecrafting

 

[Sunshinee777]

Throughout my life I've found it very difficult to relax sometimes. I'm curious as to what y'all do in order to relax. What has and/or hasn't worked for you?

Also included is a poll: Do you find yourself thinking most often about the past, future or the present?

Thanks!

I hear you, relaxing is a bit hard for someone like me who would relax the best when being in the arms of a boyfriend (better as husband)
But I do relax when I listen bible or read it. When I talk to God. Summer time when I just sit outside and watch bees and flowers I have, drinking and eating something good. Also I enjoy walking outside in a pouring rain especially when it's very dark, that is like super relaxing for me. I relax when I play some videogame which doesn't take much effort. Listening music and just be.

 

[ripple the car]

Throughout my life I've found it very difficult to relax sometimes. I'm curious as to what y'all do in order to relax. What has and/or hasn't worked for you?

Also included is a poll: Do you find yourself thinking most often about the past, future or the present?

Thanks!

I put on “Ripple” by the Grateful Dead, and wear my jammies. And drink some coffee. That’s pretty relaxing. I also love sitting in the backyard, and going for walks.

More focus on the future for me, too.

 

[The happy Objectivist]

Throughout my life I've found it very difficult to relax sometimes. I'm curious as to what y'all do in order to relax. What has and/or hasn't worked for you?

Also included is a poll: Do you find yourself thinking most often about the past, future or the present?

Thanks!

Riding my bike. It's the most relaxing thing I can do. I also spend some time in my hammoc. I like to ride my bike somewhere and string it up and take a nap. It's an Eagle Nest Outfitter's hammock that is lightweight and packs down to the size of a softball. The swaying motion is very soothing.

 

[MehGuy]

Alcohol occasionally relaxes me. Besides that.. sleep. I am almost always in some sort of state of stress/mania. The idea of being in any other condition frightens me.

 

[ripple the car]

Alcohol occasionally relaxes me. Besides that.. sleep. I am almost always in some sort of state of stress/mania. The idea of being in any other condition frightens me.

That’s sad, MehGuy. Do you ever get out for walks? Would that help?

 

[MehGuy]

That’s sad, MehGuy. Do you ever get out for walks? Would that help?

My social anxiety generally makes that an unfun experience.

 

[ripple the car]

My social anxiety generally makes that an unfun experience.

Yeah, I get kind of freaked out when I run into people out on walks, too. I have similar social anxiety issues, I think. I try to go out early in the morning, that usually minimizes accidental run-ins with other people.

 

[MehGuy]

Yeah, I get kind of freaked out when I run into people out on walks, too. I have similar social anxiety issues, I think. I try to go out early in the morning, that usually minimizes accidental run-ins with other people.

I really hate the morning.

While it's bad.. it's nothing compared to how I was several years ago. The stress and anxiety was over the top and pretty much almost made me an unfunctional human being.

 

[ripple the car]

I really hate the morning.

While it's bad.. it's nothing compared to how I was several years ago. The stress and anxiety was over the top and pretty much almost made me an unfunctional human being.

I hear you. I was a wreck in high school. It’s better now, but what helps me is actually just ignoring everyone until I have a face to face interaction with one person; like a teller or cashier. Until then, no eye contact. No staring, no talking.

 

[Sunshinee777]

I really hate the morning.

While it's bad.. it's nothing compared to how I was several years ago. The stress and anxiety was over the top and pretty much almost made me an unfunctional human being.

Im not morning person at all. I mean to me it is completely insane that some people happily wake up 6 or something.

 

[LeGato]

Throughout my life I've found it very difficult to relax sometimes. I'm curious as to what y'all do in order to relax. What has and/or hasn't worked for you?

Also included is a poll: Do you find yourself thinking most often about the past, future or the present?

Thanks!

Play piano.

 

[LeGato]

With your owner?

Yes, but he is always in a hurry. I want to stop and smell everything.

I get to go out whenever my owner opens the door.

 

[Robban]

Throughout my life I've found it very difficult to relax sometimes. I'm curious as to what y'all do in order to relax. What has and/or hasn't worked for you?

Also included is a poll: Do you find yourself thinking most often about the past, future or the present?

Thanks!

Thinking,

All three in no special order.

Relaxing, reckon when I am doing something that I like doing.

then there is no tension,
good if one has a job of work doing what one likes doing.

 

[ruthiesea]

I read.