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Sometimes I'm so stressed that I can't imagine what would help me relax, even for a moment. I think I want to take a break and then I realize I've been so overwhelmed that I've been taking nothing but breaks. Then I want to take a break from THAT because the energy involved in suppressing the stress is so high.
I imagine myself at a spa getting my feet rubbed... or curled up in a nest of blankets, or sitting in a hot tub... and any of that would just be something else to get through. It wouldn't solve the problem. None of the relaxation would go past the skin and touch me.
Gah. What do you do to relax? Really relax? (Aside from alcohol or drugs. THERE'S a good way to make sure I'm completely ineffective!)
I know I'm just going to have to get through it. It's just a matter of time. And really, I'm blowing the whole thing out of proportion. It doesn't merit this much angst. But gaaaah I really want it to be DONE.
I imagine myself at a spa getting my feet rubbed... or curled up in a nest of blankets, or sitting in a hot tub... and any of that would just be something else to get through. It wouldn't solve the problem. None of the relaxation would go past the skin and touch me.
Gah. What do you do to relax? Really relax? (Aside from alcohol or drugs. THERE'S a good way to make sure I'm completely ineffective!)
I know I'm just going to have to get through it. It's just a matter of time. And really, I'm blowing the whole thing out of proportion. It doesn't merit this much angst. But gaaaah I really want it to be DONE.
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Stretching helps me, even tho it sometimes hurts because I neglect it till I am far too tight and achey. I breathe.
I hang out with Two Kittens. They usually manage to make me laugh.
I fantasize about just bailing on the whole darn thing... I don't plan on doing that right away, but planning out how I -could- and -just might- leave (work stress) makes me feel better.
On a very Bad Bad Day, I took an old bedsheet (which had been outside in rain in a box of stuff and which had gotten kind of funky even after three washins and was going to have to be thrown away anyway...) and ripped that sucker into tiny tiny shreds. That worked rather well, but you have to be able to really abandon yourself to it. Not a halfhearted measure at all.
Good luck!
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Kittens! Yes! The Doctor prescribes a big dose of kittenness. :-)
Thanks!