Even though the fact that I am so calm probably has something to do with genetics and the way I was brought up in, as well as with plethora of other little reasons, I believe that the main reason why am I so calm lies in me and my approach to the world. I just do not allow myself to get stressed over the events in my life. I do not allow myself to get angry, stressed out, frustrated or freaked out so easily, especially since I have this little habit of thinking that hardly anything is worth me freaking out over it.

Therefore, I do not have any particular "ritual" of coping with stress, I just realise that things might not be that important as they seem to me at the given moment.
Other people do not stress me out, I allow other people to be the way they are, and once you allow that, you realise that it is pointless to be stressed over your relationship with them or their acts. My duties do not stress me out since I have a reasonably good approach to my time and investment thereof. I do not stress myself out since I am on peaceful terms with myself. Unpredictable events in my life, constant changing countries and similar also do not stress me out, since I have got used to the fact that it is unpredictable if nothing unpredictable is going on in my life.

It is not that I have less stressful life than other people; in fact, with my unstable living situation, being torn between several countries, academic work apart from the regular lyceum work, and attending two schools, as well as living virtually on my own at 17, other people on my place would probably experience insane amounts of stress. But it is not your life itself that stresses you, it is you. You are the one that has control over how much will things in your life affect you, and how much importance you will attribute to things in your life, or to life as such.

It must be weird to hear it uttered by a person like me, but seriously - do not take life so seriously. I see all kinds of people getting stressed over things that will have little to no importance in a year, and it literally eats away their health, brain, time, peace. Why? Because they allow it to happen.
Basically the same goes for "bigger" events in your life... Why to stress over it? You do not help the situation this way, only hurting yourself.
That way, I end up being rarely to hardly ever stressed, simply because I have such an approach to life and world. I do not need any stress relief techniques to feel wonderful every day of my life, I do not need a stress to rule my life, I do not need a stress as a motive to dedicate myself to things that fulfill me, I do not need anything to give me an extra energy, since my life does not take away my energy - I do not allow it to.

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Religion which you consider an opiate and wish to abolish
May be the only anaesthesia that enables the masses
To deal with the terrors of existence.

When that happens, usually it'll just depend on the mood I'm in. Mostly, I find a song that I really want to listen to, sometimes a rock song, sometimes a rap song, other times it's an upbeat track from a movie soundtrack.

And yet other times, I'll go play some Twilight Princess or Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones and cut up some baddies.

Hope it helps!  

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"History is much like an endless waltz; the three beats
of war, peace, and revolution continue on forever."

I had been doing so well.  Nothing since the new year.  Well, I guess I am just under too much stress right now.

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We all experience stress and anger at some stage in our lives. Sometimes, just for a few moments, and other times for days and days.  

How do you cope with it? What is your stress relief? Does it always work? Do you turn to friends for support, or family, or blast music or go to the gym?  

Please take a moment to help some of your fellow members by sharing what works for you, it might help some people!

This is going to be a new sticky in the Teen Stress & Anger Management forum.

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I relax my muscles.


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