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Exercise releases happy hormones (Seratonin), so don't underestimate the benefit of getting out on your bike or going for a walk. Depends on where your head is at, going for a walk gives you "thinking" time where getting on your bike and doing something you have to concentrate on doesn't, so depends on what you need at the time.
Started running 3 mornings a week before work a while ago, and found the days much more bearable having started off that way.
A few years ago I went through a bad time and I was recommended to write things down in a journal each day, the good, the bad and the ugly... really hard to do, but what it did was get it off my chest and recognise the problems. I never re-read what I wrote as it was too difficult at the time, but it did help, and within a couple of weeks I could see what the underlying trigger was.
Friends are worth a lot, but they can't help if they don't know....
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Is really helpful. Making you think about how you feel and leaving a quick diary really helps spot the trigger points and how you are, to a large degree, creating your own stress by the way you react to those points...
@ oxnop
Where do I get one of those stress relieving flying dogs? 
I am a worrier and I have a high stress job which doesn't help things.
Like jota180 I tell myself I will get through it but worry one day I'm going to get floored and not be able to get back up from it.
Cycling, running, weights and the "mindfulness" technique keeps me going.
Where do I get one of those stress relieving flying dogs?
You can have mine, he is taking up too much room on the sofa ATM!
Hi Si
I live in south east Sheffield near rother valley - if you fancy a bike run and some company some time I have a local bike run that's nearly all off road and a good little run. Takes about 1.5 hours.
I don't work regular hours in a 9-5 job so I go cycling pretty much when I fancy it. Sometimes see a couple of buzzards while out on this run and plenty of nice scenery to keep you focused on the cycling. I'm no speed demon either ?
Drop me an email if you fancy a ride sometime and I hope things get better soon
Paul
+1 for meditation - I also do Tai Chi.
Not work related stress for me though - single parenthood and a bitch of an ex 🙂
I also have the attitude that " every day you wake up breathing is a bonus" - gives it all perspective 😛
I was going through all sorts in my personal and work life and wasnt really sure where it was going to end with things just getting worse. For the last few months I have been going to counseling and it has helped loads, I am still going but it looks like my next session will be the last. I think people sometimes see seeking help as a weakness (I did) but its not and can make a huge difference just being able to speak to someone who wont judge and will listen. You have already had offers but if I can help in any way or you would like to know about what I have gone through in my counseling sessions please feel free to drop me an email.
Check out Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's Flow Theory
you need to come up here for a holiday and we can go riding and eating and hydrating.
I can get a bit stressed out if I've got too much on the go and I seem to feel like I'm chasing my arse and the amount I need to do is getting longer.
Try to prioritise things make a list and cross off things as they get done, it also helps me to finish jobs rather than starting loads of things and not getting any finished then they all jumble around in my mind. I also set time aside at weekends to get jobs done and finished around the home, have some weekends where you 'book' any thing in and keep to it.