Yup, I can vouch for Juan's stress relieving technique, he's very good.
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How do you guys handle stress??
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Posted 2 years ago #
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I've never had a decent female manager, ever.
I dont think I could ever work for one again.
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I wish I new, feeling it today!
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Back to to work today, had a brief chat with our PTM, going to arrange a meeting just me and the PTM to have a friendly chat about things. But as for the devil woman as i decided to call her today, i couldn't sit in the canteen with her, made me feel ill, when i see her i felt sick in my stomach, a bit of a gag reflex. So just avoided her all day.
Not sure if that was the best idea, but i got home after work!
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I still go back to my paddling days when it comes to stressfull situations (I need to get back on the water). I'm not sure it really works with biking.
Whitewater kayaking, at least the type I was doing was mostly about a mental battle against fear. The only thing stopping you running the rapid or waterfall was "the fear". If you could mentally overcome it then you were good to go. It also put me in some fairly sphincter loosening situations. When things got bad at work, it was never as bad as that time when [insert terryfying seat of your pants flooded river running situation] which I managed to overcome.
Now biking is challenging in a different way and does not involve scaring myself silly every weekend.
Stress is a normal process, it's your bodies way of getting you ready for the fight or flight. However, workplace stress is different. There is never any release so it just builds up. I would suggest that you either bike more as vigorous excersise is supposed to relieve stress. I find swimming does it for me as well. I used to swim a lot so can spend an hour knocking out lengths without noticing the time go by as I'm concentrating on the mundane like technique and breathing control. Same goes for biking on my own. I can ride for hours without even realising my mind is completely blank except for focussing on the task in hand, either focusing on the trail on a downhill or picking my way up a climb.
The ting that I find get's on top of me is when I have multiple tasks to do with complicated deadlines all of which seem important to someone. In these situations I resort ot writing a list. It stops me thinking about all the tasks and after I've prioritised I can just focus on the next one knowing I won't forget any. Found this a great way to get things off my mind if they are bugging you. Might well work with anything, write it down to stop it nagging at you?
Failing all that try Juans approach
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Im on a late shift today, managed to get a slot with the ptm this evening to have a chat about things, on another note i did visit the doc's yesterday he suggested i had some stress issues and 4 week off work would do me some good, as much as it appeals to take the time i really don't want to be off work, as someone said above at some point i have to go back.
Im hoping to go through the options with the ptm, one in my mind is a transfer to a store close to home to allow me a better work life balance, currently i have a 3 hour daily commute, added with the time i work over i can be out the house for 14 hours a day, late shift is the one where it is earlier due to me being out the house only 11 and a half hours! i feel sick in my stomach and really edgy, at the moment would much rather just get on the bike and go for a blast somewhere
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A bottle of St Emillion Gran Cu works for me
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When I first read the title for this thread some while back I had to think about what 'stress' might mean, and decided I don't bother with it. The one time my boss criticised me (for posting on STW when I should have been working) I invited him to sack me if he wasn't happy with my work. My advice is don't try to handle stress - that book on cholesterol clearly states that it can kill you - change your life instead.
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