Personally I get real mean to myself and call myself garbage. How about you?
Well we know what people do under stress and it’s a lot of bad shit.
What are some healthy coping mechanisms? Say a top 10.
I’m a fan of mindfulness and gratitude practice. Also, physical exercise! Nothing like working up a good sweat when I’m mad at myself to feel better after.
Get away and music bathe back to baseline
Cannabis
Fetal position and cry
Flight. But when flight is not an option, raised blood pressure
Depends on the situation, initially usually anxiety or panic but again depends on the severity and how equipped I am for the response of the situation in question.
Picking. I’m pretty compulsive about it. Can really fuck things up if I’m nervous about an upcoming social event, as I end up with a puckered face, making it worse. Idk why I do this, a lot of times I’m not really even conscious I’m doing it until after the fact.
Masturbation.
Disengagement.
If I can physically disengage, walking away from the situation, I’d do it. If not, I’ll mentally disengage. Enough times of this, I’ll just default to it: not giving a shit because apparently, no one does.
If I must engage in it anyways, maybe I’ll return to it once I’ve calmed down. If I must do it there and then (so, no time to compose myself), I’d do minimum I can get away with.
How does one effectively mentally disengage in a situation, which stretches for a while when you cant physically go away from it?
I can’t really explain it, but it is akin to tuning it out. Basically ignoring it as it it were tinnitus.
Of course it can only be done if you can afford not to engage it (or engage in it such that you can fake engaging in it). IDK, it’s really hard to explain.
Eating junk food mostly
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Oh ya, good distinction. Mostly work stress on my end elicits that reaction. How about you, which one impacts you the most and how do you respond?
Depends on the level of stress. At small to medium amounts (beyond background levels) I stop responding to texts from anyone other than my best friend and partner. At high amounts I stop thinking or doing anything and just pace or rot in bed
Migraines. At least it’s a good way to get away from the stressful situation, because I don’t have a choice unless I want to throw up and I will look so bad that people immediately believe me. So… thanks, migraines?
Mental regression is the main one
