On a bad day..what do you find comfort in?

by lurk3r 32 Replies latest jw friends

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  wha happened?

  A nice Cabernet or perhaps an edible
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  LouBelle

  I'll put on some of my favorite music or sit and meditate.
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  wha happened?

  ok now switched to a chardonnay
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  compound complex

  Walk ... and walk ... and walk....
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  quietlyleaving

  I do my lying down alexander technique while listening to a tape - the whole sequence (15 mins) takes me back to a neutral state.

  edit: the issues remain but my response and attitude changes
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  cameo-d

  CoCo: "Walk ... and walk ... and walk...."

  That is good advice. But there was a time I was so upset...and I did just that. Walk...walk...walk.

  It was a blind walk. When I came to my senses a few hours later, I realized I was in an unknown territory, miles away from where I lived. It was like a jolt when I realized it was a bad neighborhood. I didn't even know what time it was but it was very dark and streets were quiet.

  I found a payphone and called a friend. It was like 3 or 4 am. I had to go look for street sign for name of street where I was. When I told her...she said "OMG. Don't move I'll be right there. "

  What a good friend. She came and got me and we went for coffee and donuts.

  I had been having a really bad day. I was so cried out....and then it made me sleep for a long time.
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  fern

  My dogs definitely, or a hug from my hubby if he's not the source of my bad day.
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  DJK

  DJK - What happens with ya during this period? Do you blank out? Absorb the feeling? Examine the feeling? Deep breaths?

  I call it a TIME OUT. I try to TIME OUT when I find myself in a situation that will raise my blood pressure, before my blood pressure raises. If I can't remove myself from the situation, I remind myself that a bad day wont last forever, and nothing is accomplished by overreacting. That and a some music will lower the blood pressure.
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  compound complex

  Cameo:

  Thanks!

  Will pm my own similar experience later today. Back to bed for me now, as it's almost 4:30 A.M. [another comfort!].

  CoCo
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  chickpea

  silence

  impossible to think
  rationally in chaos