When you're upset, what do you do to calm yourself down?

United States
May 10, 2007 12:26am CST
I clean anything when I'm upset. Even if it doesn't need to be cleaned, I clean it anyway. HAHA LOL! It sounds weird I know. But it calms me down. What about you?
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alpine_007
@alpine_007 (1469)
• Pakistan
10 May 07
when i am very upset i listen to loud music or play video games to calm myself down
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thess0312
@thess0312 (442)
• United States
10 May 07
oh, good for you i hope i could be like you instead of cleaning.`thax for the reply=)
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Lil Bit aka Royal Mom
@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
10 May 07
I clean obsessively when I am angry. The madder I am the more I clean. When you are upset, come clean my house and when I am mad, I will come clean your house. Deal?
thess0312
@thess0312 (442)
• United States
10 May 07
LoL,i thougth i am wierd cuz,of the clean thing part but now i know im not alone, and why not just let me know when your mad...hehe
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Lil Bit aka Royal Mom
@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
10 May 07
I will be sure to send up a flag the next time I get mad and go into a cleaning phase. No, you are not alone in the weirdness. Shhh, we are starting a secret 12-step club of theraputic obsessive compulsive cleaners anonymous. You and I are the first insane members to join up.
ScarletAlston
@ScarletAlston (2693)
• United States
10 May 07
whenever I am upset or just nervous about something, I always find myself cleaning my kitchen or bathroom...I don't even know why those are the two rooms that get the most attention..they don't even have to be messy or anything..I just pick up a sponge, get some cleaner, and scrub until I don't remember what it was that got me so upset...
thess0312
@thess0312 (442)
• United States
10 May 07
same here, but most of the time is my stove and the funny thing is, if my daughter have friends over and they see me cleaning they asked her if i am mad cuz,they know me already, and my daughter, she just laugh and say why because shes cleaning the stove again.anyway i cleaned whenever i want to and not only when im mad.thnx for the reply and i know that im not alone,i thought im wierd cuz of the cleaning part but i guess im not.=)
TerryZ
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
10 May 07
Hi thess I do the same thing. And I thought I was the only one to do that.LOL But I know exactly how you feel. I think because it tires us out when we clean and thats how we get calmed down. Hey thats just my opinion.LOL
thess0312
@thess0312 (442)
• United States
10 May 07
yeah,and you know what after i clean i forgot why am i upset for and i'm ok again its like nothing happen.LOL thanx =)