What Do You Do To Wind Down?

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With life been so stressful these days I like to do some meditation or yoga to wind down. I find it very relaxing particularly if I have had a stressful day. So what do you do to wind down?

OldMrBrennan83

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EPAndlee

I watch shows about murder and serial killers to relax

McMurphy

Take the dog for a walk.

No matter how shtty your day has been, and no matter who I upset, or what mayhem I caused upon myself or others to me, he's always waiting on me coming through that door with his big happy face and tail doing 90.

Dogs love unconditionally.


Taking them on long walks half returns the love, but benefits both dog and master.

Turtyturd

Gaming. At least that’s the theory but it ends up winding me up more than work.

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Patww79 wrote: »

I do absolutely nothing. Home at 5, sit til bed time while looking at my tablet and the telly.

Doing the same here at the moment. The peace and quiet is exhilarating.

aaronjumper

I like different things depending on my mood. Videogames, programmes, music, books, films.
Get the dinner out of the way and just focus on something until I'm tired enough for bed.

OldMrBrennan83

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The_Valeyard

Gaming. Great way to stay sane.

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Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Take the dog for a walk.

No matter how shtty your day has been, and no matter who I upset, or what mayhem I caused upon myself or others to me, he's always waiting on me com8ng through that door with his happy face and tail doing 90.

Dogs love unconditionally.


Taking them on long walks half returns the love, but benefits both dog and master.

No love like a dogs love. Our dog is like one of the family at this stage. The only thing he can't do is talk to you but he shows his love in many other ways.

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Patww79 wrote: »

There can't be a better way to ease off after a days work.

Especially at the weekends. I love sitting and relaxing and watching all the sport. They only time I get stressed is if my soccer team loose which happens quiet often.

Your Face

Work out

I do yoga and meditate, but if I'm really stressed out what works for me is if I get in the pool and swim laps until I'm either kicked out or I can't go on. There's something very zen about being in the water.

McMurphy

Your Face wrote: »

Work out

Like the hat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxo9wGA9qYg

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

My difficulty is Winding up more so than winding down but reading is the big relaxant for me.

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Francesca Greasy Sun wrote: »

My difficulty is Winding up more so than winding down but reading is the big relaxant for me.

Not a big reader myself to be honest but I do like listening to music preferable easy listening especially when the the rest of the family is out.

Noveight

Have a cup of tea and give a wander through YouTube. I sometimes prefer it to Netflix as I enjoy browsing through short videos at random as opposed to committing to a 90 minute film.

The gym helps me to wind down. I'm not in exceptionally good shape nor do I lift very heavy weights but nothing resets you like a good sweat and a hot shower afterwards.

posturingpat

Give out about other people doing productive things with their time, helps me unwind no end

Gym helps loads, bit of meditation, reading a great book. re-watching through ds9 at the moment for brain off time

JohnnyFlash

8 to 10 pints of stout.

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Noveight wrote: »

Have a cup of tea and give a wander through YouTube. I sometimes prefer it to Netflix as I enjoy browsing through short videos at random as opposed to committing to a 90 minute film.

The gym helps me to wind down. I'm not in exceptionally good shape nor do I lift very heavy weights but nothing resets you like a good sweat and a hot shower afterwards.

I agree I always push myself when going to the gym. I use the Sauna and Jacuzzi before having my shower and I must say I feel so good after it. Apart from feeling good it keeps the brain active.

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JohnnyFlash wrote: »

8 to 10 pints of stout.

Why not if it realeases the stress. It must be fair stressful for you lifting all those pints.

PowerToWait

22 posts and not a mention of knocking one out. Genuinely impressed.

Oldtree

Killer suduku

Beechwoodspark

Oldtree wrote: »

Killer suduku

I almost ruined my New Year’s Day doing a killer sudoku in the paper.

I had some silly idea in my head that I had to finish it to start the year as I meant to go on and spent about 2 hours doing it and when I finished it I was like, that wasn’t worth the effort !

Kitty6277

For me it depends on my mood, but usually gaming, sitting doing nothing but looking through my phone, or going to bed and throwing on a few episodes of Friends.

Oldtree

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

I almost ruined my New Year’s Day doing a killer sudoku in the paper.

I had some silly idea in my head that I had to finish it to start the year as I meant to go on and spent about 2 hours doing it and when I finished it I was like, that wasn’t worth the effort !

I find the focus of concentration needed very distracting in a good way, but that dosnt mean i don't **** the puzzles up more often than not I just don't worry too much about that aspect.

dasdenny

PowerToWait wrote: »

22 posts and not a mention of knocking one out. Genuinely impressed.

Must have the power to wait....

Ninjini

Reading. My favourite thing is to get engrossed in a book and not notice a few hours passing by.

Listening to music. I have a playlist for every mood

Trashy tv. Nice to switch the brain off for a while.

Gaming. Sometimes it’s counterproductive though, nothing quite like a halo multiplayer induced rage. I can take it a bit too seriously

DanMurphy

I usually write something.
The 'something' greatly depends on my mood at the time, but I find it to be relaxing, distracting, and rewarding all in one when a piece is finished.

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Reading this thread is very relaxing.

retro:electro

Put on my dressing gown and pour myself a large glass of Tesco’s offer of the week

Dublinstiofán

I play piano, can completely escape and unwind with it.

Or watch the original Ghostbusters on Sky 1 (Now!)

Thespoofer

Do you know what, if they brought out a cannabis oil vaper and legalised it I for one would welcome a couple of puffs of an evening to wind down.

h7nlrp2v0g5u48

With the bright evening's now upon us a nice evening walk in the park does it for me.

Gael23

PowerToWait wrote: »

22 posts and not a mention of knocking one out. Genuinely impressed.

Are you saying you spend your evening knocking one out???

During the week I don't really get time to unwind as I'm up at 5am to get to work and get home about 8pm, have a bite to eat and then a bit of study and time with the other half and the animals till bed at 11pm.

Boards is a bit of a distraction at times, but depends on how busy life is.

The weekend I'll normally do a few woodwork projects to relax, and try to exercise as I really miss the gym and have put on to much weight, otherwise it's a few jobs around the place I still have two trees to cut down before summer.

Junkyard Tom

Play piano. Go to the theatre. Parkour. Listen to philosophy lectures. Watercolour painting. Sculpture. Big wave surfing. Compulsive lying.

Birneybau

anna080 wrote: »

Put on my dressing gown and pour myself a large glass of Tesco’s offer of the week

Nothing like a glass of Lenor to take the stress out of the day

Dial Hard

On weeknights, change into my trackies, pour a glass of wine, stick on the iPod and get cracking on the dinner. I find cooking really cathartic.

At the weekends, taking the dog up to Massy's or Cruagh for a good long walk, followed by a hot bath, a good dinner and curling up on the couch with candles and a book. Bliss.

h7nlrp2v0g5u48

Going to the cinema midweek breaks the busy week up for me and I love just relaxing while watching a good movie.

Arghus

I masturbate furiously.

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Arghus wrote: »

I masturbate furiously.

Whatever eases the stress.

railer201

Turn the handle anti-clockwise

yourdeadwright

Use to be going to the Cinema but baby put a stop to that,
Guess now all I have left is the gym and walks in the park

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yourdeadwright wrote: »

Use to be going to the Cinema but baby put a stop to that,
Guess now all I have left is the gym and walks in the park

If you get sometime on your own why not try out some meditation techniques. Ten minutes of meditation does wonders for stress and you can download some free apps online.

Panic Stations

It really depends on the day for me.

If I'm feeling good I'd often work on my side project (Other business)

If I'm feeling stressed or pissed off its reading a book or going to the gym.

If I'm just feeling like I want to forget about everything else I'll hop on Fortnite with the lads.

scheister

this is one thing im looking at lately.

General rule with me during the week phone gets put away from the night at 8. will spend last 30 mins to hour depending on what else is going on lying on my bed listening to easy music. Musically are the go to music at the moment.

On a sunday I will limit my phone use as much as i can. Sundays are very be in the present for me. at some stage during the day will block my phone out completely for an hour and either read or lie on my bed listening to music

natashaob6

natashaob6 wrote: »

With life been so stressful these days I like to do some meditation or yoga to wind down. I find it very relaxing particularly if I have had a stressful day. So what do you do to wind down?

I do not really try to wind down so much as I try to be wound up in a more diverse variety of ways so that no one of them becomes over whelming. So I am always active. Either mentally or physically or spiritually (which is basically just mentally but a kinda sub set of it ).

Do a lot of running and combat training and martial arts dance forms. So that's mostly physical.

Do a lot of DIY and home farming (planet and animal) and hunting. And I do a lot of cooking. So that's a mix of mental and physical.

And I do a lot of study and Vipassana Meditation and hypnosis and self hynosis and NLP stuff as a hobby. So that is mostly mental.

I find therefore I can get wound up by one thing - but it winds down my feelings about the others. Each thing relaxes me in one way - but winds me up in another. Paving the way for the next thing. And so on.

Yer Da sells Avon

Score Buy some Nurofen+ and make a pot of tea.

Malari

I cook. There's nothing more grounding than coming home, deciding what to make for dinner, and getting stuck in, while listening to a podcast.

Also I listen to my husband's stories when he gets in (usually after me) because it takes me away from what's going on in my own head when we catch up on what else has been going on in our lives during the day.

Finally, a cat on my lap while watching something engrossing on tv is the perfectly comfortable end to the evening. Reading before bed usually prevents me from thinking about much but the book itself before sleep.