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Things You Do To Stop You Feeling Scared/Worried?

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  • 27-05-2009 9:42am
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    brummytom
    Registered Users Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭


    Does anyone else ever do things to stop them feeling scared?

    For example, if I have to walk home in the pitch black I quietly sing to myself, always calms me down (nearly got mugged at Easter, sort of freaked me out)

    Anyone else have any weird things to stop them worrying?


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    ibarelycare
    Registered Users Posts: 58,456 ✭✭✭✭ibarelycare


    Drink


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    connundrum
    Registered Users Posts: 5,563 ✭✭✭connundrum


    Fap.

    Not whilst walking home though.


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    Zadkiel
    Registered Users Posts: 687 ✭✭✭Zadkiel


    I count in a random number

    like 2,4,6,8,.......

    or 3,6,9,12.......

    or 7,14,21,28.....

    It keeps my mind off what I'm supposed to be worrying about for a while.
    Started doing it when I was 6 and never broke the habit.

    The odd time I'll try to quote laws of physics and chemistry from memory too


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    Rented Mule
    Registered Users Posts: 5,152 ✭✭✭Rented Mule


    I stop paying attention to the media and go out and live my life.


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    Mr.Lizard
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    Zadkiel wrote: »
    I count in a random number

    like 2,4,6,8,.......

    or 3,6,9,12.......

    or 7,14,21,28.....

    It keeps my mind off what I'm supposed to be worrying about for a while.
    Started doing it when I was 6 and never broke the habit.

    The odd time I'll try to quote laws of physics and chemistry from memory too

    Don't you mean a random sequence? Those numbers are anything but random.


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    johnny_knoxvile
    Registered Users Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭johnny_knoxvile


    Wear a full suit of armour, bit clunky, you get a lot of funny looks, but comforting at the same time.


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    Abi
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    brummytom wrote: »
    For example, if I have to walk home in the pitch black I quietly sing to myself, always calms me down (nearly got mugged at Easter, sort of freaked me out)

    All the more reason why you'd want to keep your wits about you tbh. Always imagine somebody is about to pounce on you, that way you will always be on your guard. I suggest you swing your arms around all the way home.


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    Zadkiel
    Registered Users Posts: 687 ✭✭✭Zadkiel


    Mr.Lizard wrote: »
    Don't you mean a random sequence? Those numbers are anything but random.

    Thanks Liz for pointing out my error

    I meant a random number to count in sequence


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    brummytom
    Registered Users Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    Abigayle wrote: »
    All the more reason why you'd want to keep your wits about you tbh. Always imagine somebody is about to pounce on you, that way you will always be on your guard. I suggest you swing your arms around all the way home.

    I tried that, but took out an 80 year old woman.... the guilt :(


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