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What’s your go-to way of de-stressing after a long day? Looking for some new ways to unwind…

Also after making my account I immediately regretted my choice of username. 😬
NO JUDGEMENT. PLEASE.

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Wow how mature and helpful this is! Tysm!!!! 🙉

You are so very welcome

I like Ogre

Rimworld and/or ice cream

Writing, drugs and sleep.

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An SSRI every morning, making lists and spreadsheets of things I should be doing but am not every afternoon, and a mouthguard every night seem to do the trick.

Hanging out with friends, watching funny stuff, reading a good book, writing, drinking, smoking, playing an immersive computer or video game, treating yourself to nice food, some intensive exercise, having a bath... those are the ones that come to mind.

Will: "Stressed? Try drinking and smoking, kids."

To be fair Anthrax suggested drugs and who knows what DB suggested.

Keeps me permanently happy :D

When I get home from college I usually just head straight to bed and take a nap.

What are you actually trying now?

There's going for a walk or some other exercise, meditation or prayer, nice hot cup of tea and a book, organizing or house cleaning to music, etc as maybe the "healthiest" options. Then there's what most of us probably already do which is veg out with some videos or a movie or game. Ideally you want to select those to be something that puts you in a more relaxed state of mind and not the opposite lol.

Reading books and playing Zelda are my go-to's for right now... Thanks for the new suggestions! 🙏🙏🙏

try meditation and drinking tea. Also screen time tends to exacerbate stress so go outside and enjoy the weather. Unless there's a tornado where you live, but in that case you got bigger problems.

But the music from botw is pretty much meditation music soooooooo

I read that as "medication" and was flabbergasted for a moment

It's a valid answer though. :(

Then yeah, maybe stop playing the wilderness game and go look at some nature for real. Even a moderate amount of walking or exercise releases endorphins and improves your circulation and all that good stuff. The human body was made to walk.

If you don't live in a place with anywhere decent to do this, why not get a gym membership?

Make sure you're eating right too and getting some decent amount of sleep. Especially if stress is keeping you up at night, I've seen it recommended over and over again to avoid any screens a couple hours before trying to sleep, it literally changes your brain activity. (Excessive social media use also has studies backing some pretty clear ties to anxiety and depression btw.)

Maybe try reading a real, physical book?

Why are you assuming I don't go outside much? I make it part of my schedule to go on walks and runs at my local trail at least 4 times a week (though I haven't gone as much because of the cold weather). I also already have a gym membership and I actually go there, unlike some ppl.

Also I literally have bought and read so many books I pretty much have a library in my apartment 😭

Because most people who come to internet strangers with your specific problem have too much social anxiety to go outside and live on microwaved nuggets and anime. I'm happy to hear that that's not you

If you're stressed about something in particular, I'm not sure how much generalized suggestions will help tbh.

Describe your long and stressful day. It's probably not that bad.

Since we have all taken the time to answer your question and list activities to help de-stress, it seems there should be some response to the second part of your post.

I believe it would be extremely remiss of us to not judge you for your stupid choices, especially that of your username.  Please know that we DO judge you harshly.  Asking folks to not do that is inviting judgment and criticism.  Your username is too long and retarded.and you definitely should regret it. The fact that it is not easily shortened to something usable when others wish to refer to you will probably ensure that you will be referred to as "that retarded noob" until you do something worthwhile.

This shame will haunt their entire bloodline. 😔

I'm still waiting to find out what DBNB stands for...

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Agreed, my username is stupid, but I never asked to not be judged because of it.  However the story of how it came about is interesting, suspenseful, and quite possibly the greatest story ever told by a living author. So I will satisfy your curiousity.

Well before I even considered entering the forum, I wanted to save my place in a game which required an account.  Usernames required at least 4 letters so I typed some in.  By the time I decided to join forum discussion I had already rated a bunch of games and I didn't want to start from scratch so I was stuck with it.  I was not brilliant enough to actually pick a username that meant anything.

We could always come up with a solution to the acronym for you. I bet you'd like that.

lol

Oh also guys I've decided made amends with my username and so, I'll be changing my profile pic to the roast chicken your dead grandma used to make. 🤗

Apparently I'm my own dead grandma.

Congrats you’re not a retard who eats dollar tree food.
I guess you only seem like that on the outside… 🤷🏽‍♀️

That is just a properly seasoned bird. If yours doesn't look like that, you've done goofed up.

I read Mercer Gang on repeat. Soothes the soul...

If it is that bad, going outside and just exploring or walking in general is good. Simply relaxing in bed maybe. Sometimes i get tired of my daily routine and I get something productive done while I'm at it, like walking to the store to get something i need. hope this helps

Uh oh, they're going to get miffed at you too now.