How do you guys deal with stress and anger? What do you do to contain your composure?
Sometimes I want to just straight up SNAP! I have been having a hard time with controlling myself. Been thinking about smoking some cigarettes to calm the fuck down. What do you guys do to keep your cool?
Do you have sex to keep your cool? Do you just take a deep breathe? I sometimes want to go around the house and punch holes into the walls, but then I don't do it cause I realize how out of control I would be and instead I just go for a walk. What do you guys do? Need some real healthy ways to cope with stress.
Stress: I hit the gym Mon-Fri at 5:30AM. I listen to Trevor Hall or Yo-Yo Ma (I think anything classical will do). On occasion, I get drunk with mates.
Anger: Again, the gym (can switch this up with boxing). Deep breaths. Short walks outside, no music, no phone - bonus if you can do this in a nature setting. Sometimes, I just scream fuck at my desk (if I’m WFH lol) and that helps, too.
it’s all about coping but everyone copes differently.
I wish the office has a basketball court. I would get in super early to shoot hoops and then be at my desk for work, but that stuff isn't really the norm. The gym will do though.
I do like myself some LOFI!
Mostly sex. However, here is a cheat code for life: if you find a girl who is into the freaky shit then you can get a 3 for 1 deal. If a girl lets you pull her hair, slap her (and I mean her face), spit on her, etc. then you will get to have sex + go to the gym + hit something for the price of one.
I’ve had plenty of girls like this but there was this particular one that LOVED when I hit her. She told me that she thought other men were pussies because when she asked to get hit they would go all soft on her. But I actually hit her like if I REALLY wanted to beat the shit out of her. And she loved it. And I loved it. Too bad I no longer see this chick. Perfect stress reliever. I think I even got more out of hitting her than the actual pleasure on my dick. Wonderful woman.
I LOVE SEX! But Idk why, but sex isn't enough. It only calms me down for a few hours before I start tripping again.
I stopped drinking because I use to have an alcohol problem. So i've been thinking of trying cigarettes, but it's not good, so fuck me! Why have I become like this.
I feel more lonely than I have ever been. I can go out and hangout with my friends and come home and be like what the fuck did I even do today LOL! Fucking millennial problems!
I have never tried an escort in my life. I am feeling the urge to at least try it once in my life. Anyone had an escort before? How was it?
Just overall, lately i've been thinking about what else is out there that I haven't experience yet. I'm feeling stale as fuck! I don't even know if what I am feeling is normal. Surely, i'm pretty positive there are others that feel the same as me, but they aren't vocal about it like me.
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Maybe install a training bag in your house/take a few boxing lessons. It can help you channel anger and aggression that also becomes quite therapeutic and self reflective.
I already have one in the basement and haven't touched it since my neighbors called the cops on me one time cause I was bugging out and punching the shit out of that bag while simultaneously cursing out loud. It was all good, but awkward. Ever since that fiasco, they can't seem to see me normally again, but who cares.
I fucking miss college. I miss how life was mad simple. I miss how I can get away with shit. This whole adulting thing is actually hard.
I realize I actually have to sacrifice for my future. I realize the money isn't shit if I don't invest early. I realize having kids are expensive. I realize I finally grew the fuck up and now i'm stuck this way.
This hit me hard. Currently in undergrad scrolling through WSO the night before a big exam I should have studied more for worrying and stressing my ass off. Wondering what the fuck is wrong with me. I don’t know, puts shit into perspective I guess.
Don't trip over it man! Enjoy your college years as much as you can cause once you get into the workforce it ain't the same no more. You will realize you won't have the time to bullshit around anymore. Everything is suddenly really serious.
You will see people get engaged, married, move away, some will die early tragically, and so on and so forth. You will realize everything you thought of when you were younger isn't exactly how it is in the real world. The real world is a tough place. You'll never know what other people go through. Money doesn't make people happy. That offer you sign coming out of school would excite you, but it can also stress you out down the road. Life is never ending and full of up and downs. For all the great moments there are sure to be very low moments as well.
Live it up! Enjoy college!
This sounds so boring. But therapy. I literally used to go into spirals of anger and literally within 4 sessions I was walking differently. You got to give it a real try in order for it to work. Gym works well too. But therapy is a long term fix
Valid advice! Not boring! Talking to a professional to get things straighten out is worth it!
Sucks being an IB analyst, what has helped me with the multitude of daily annoyances, douchey senior behaviour, or ridiculous edits is reminding myself "Will this have an impact on me in 10yrs and will I even remember this next month".
99% of the time it is a no which helps keep composure / relative happiness when you remind yourself of the bigger picture + junior in IB/PE/Consulting is a relatively (hopefully) small amount of a time in a normal career time horizon.
Yeah, I've been thinking like that for awhile now. My anger and stress is largely not work related. It has more to do with Covid and how it got me on edge and fucked up and I am having a hard time going back to my pre-covid self. It's like all type of shit just straight up hit the fan and everything is fucked up.
Covid also wasted a lot of people's time. Those 2 and half years are damn gone and no one can do anything to get back to it. It's something that no one can control, but I realize how fuck up it is for covid to fuck our lives up like this. I had plans to travel and that shit never came to fruition because of it. I had plans to do a lot of cool stuff and I was looking forward to it for years then it all ended up going down the drain.
Not being exactly on good terms with my family is also added stress. It's the usual stuff man. I'll get over it. Thanks for chiming in and offering good advice! Bless up!
The key to dealing with anger is not getting angry in the first place and looking out for the signs.
Grab the movie Falling Down with Michael Douglas.
1. read seneca's on anger. anger is an utterly useless emotion
2. buy a heavy bag, when your emotions get the better of your judgment (no one is immune from this), do 5 x 5min rounds and blast some death metal in your ears. try to feel angry after that
3. play the 2-2-2 game. will you care about this in 2 hours, 2 days, 2 years? if you answer yes to all of those, then it matters and you should act on it. most of the time, you won't, so realizing that you won't really care about it in the future will have you care less about it now
How do you deal with being impatient? I'm letting things get to my head recently and it use to not be like this.
I started to feel like a failure again despite that being absolutely not true. I can't help it and it's ruining my life. I have been eating like shit and sleepy like shit. Looking like a zombie. I want everything so fast all of a sudden I am being too much right now. I need to remind myself that good things will come, I just need to calm the fuck down and RELAX. Living life on a pedestal ain't it, but a part of me can't help it. IDK anymore.
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