Stress & Frustration... How do you deal with it?

If others are telling you that you're stressed, then you are. Introspective is very difficult when you're frazzled, you may also want to see a doctor, many people could benefit from mild antidepressants. You can even go over the counter, St. John Wort to see if it helps you. Also vitamin D deficiencies have been shown to have an impact mood. Watch this.

Interesting, so your method is to get a bit drunk to relax you and open your mind so you can rant to let it out. That seems to be a fairly common way.




Oooo, do you meditate? If so that's pretty cool! I love videos like that where they draw along with what they're talking about.

I'm the sort of person who would rather get over illnesses (say for example a severe headache) without medication so in regards to mild antidepressants I wouldn't take them for stress. The reason I'm like that is because I'd rather build my immune system up and only take medication when I really need it. If you look at two of my family members if they have a headache they can't get rid of it with just 1 paracetamol what they take would literally knock me out or potentially kill me

But how do you know when you're both stressed?

No one spots stress in me, I know when I'm stressed (a lot) because I can feel it in my back, the tension is uncomfortable and I know if I was to go a masseuse they'd instantly mention how tense my back is.

The only other way I know is I get more frustrated and my patience shortens.

I use escalation. If something goes bad, or taking too long for me to happen (Ie. closing a sales deal) I think of worse case scenarios and count my current blessings. That's step 1. Step 2 would be using a motivational tool (videos/quotes/anything which motivates only you) to see the latest problem as a challenge and create an action plan to overcome the challenge. Step 3 would be the action. I learnt quite a bit from a mentor in my business, the guy is amazing... and he's changed the way I face almost any problem today. When you break it down, any problem which has a solution no longer stays a problem. Even the worst problems are healed with time. So in reality, there are no problems. Life immediately becomes manageable when I deal with it this way.

My wife, my daughter would tell me. I was easily angered. I overacted to things or was easily triggered by innocuous things. The thing with stress, at least of them is that it was suddenly released in an explosion, no stress valve. It's been a long process and I've been at the reduction of it for a couple of years now but the meditation has helped me quite a bit.

I think it's not for everyone, it's something that you have to 1) practice regularly and 2)be open to it

Same with me. Alcoholic beverages with some fine friends is usually my chosen route too. 

Are they important people to the project? People who have a say? Have they made an effort? If not, then yes fuck them.

It's far easier to tear down than to build up. So if they're not willing to be part of a solution or the build up process, then I think the fuck'em sentiment is well deserved.