What do you do when overwhelmed by life?

Hi! glad to see you online! All of the things you mentioned are great ways to decompress. I like that you reach out to others...I think that is very healthy. I've gotten into the habit of being withdrawn....and need to change that.

Sometimes alone time is good,to be withdrawn from others. In my case my daughter is here 24/7 except for during school. So I have learned to hide things.
But I do tend to withdraw in other ways. Like my social site I frequent,I stop going or only go to say hello to a few people,or to post a status,answer messages such. I feel like it's not the same so I ahve withdrawn from there a bit.

I have kinda withdrawn from Yuwie too..used to spend most of my time there. Now...I'm sick of dealing with egos...and cheaters. So I do like you describe...go to say hi and look around.

That is why I am glad to see some friends from there..here.:) I do miss the old days on Yuwie.

I understand what you mean by alone time....and I encourage you to do what you need to do...to take CARE of yourself.:)

Please keep in touch...k?

I understand...some times you just have to blow off steam. lol

And being alone afterward helps you sort out the emotions of it all.

I'm a loner by nature...and when I am stressing...it's worse. I can go a week without going anywhere but work...and my coworkers know when to not talk to me. lol They're a pretty patient lot...and my residents in the nursing home always pull me out of it.

I've had family and friends to know that I was mad, but just rile me up. I guess that's why I like being alone when I do get mad. I don't think that my coworkers have ever known that I was mad, but while at work if I was mad usually customers cheered me up. I'm glad the nursing home does that for you. Right now I'm out of work, lol, but hoping to get a job in healthcare once my fiance and I marry.

What sort of position are you looking for in healthcare? We have need of nurses down here in the Ozarks.;)

Medical transcriptionist and Medical Secretary. I don't know if you can call that the health field really. Although I wouldn't mind also being the one to take people back and take their blood pressure, temperature, etc.

That would be a medical assistant or that is what they are called down here. I would LOVE to become a medical transcriptionist....I love WORDS and received a 100% on 10,000 medical terms when I was in school. Unfortunately, the doctors here are using a new technology that types out as you speak into the microphone....and then the computer prints it out. Nurses laugh at some of the 'typos' that happen. If you don't speak real clear....you get some really funny words.:) Good luck to you in your job hunting...when's the big day? When are you getting married?

We are a lot alike there. It usually doesn't take me long to sort things out..but I've never had to face that kind of loss either.

I have been known to throw a rip roaring fit...when I am hurt or attacked. But when THAT is over...I go hide and cry. I have to be really mad or really hurt to cry.

We really are alike! I usually only cry when I'm furious! I don't cry with grief as much....which I think people find disturbing....oh well...I always say their is no wrong way to greive...unless it requires an AK47 and a water tower!

lol....I am finding that more and more true everytime we post to the same discussion. lol

As for AK47's and water towers...I agree, overkill. I find that people can be made to regret things done to me...in much simpler ways. I 'kill' them with kindness. I've had people come to me and tell me to stop being so nice...it scares them. lol

Hey pixeltwistr....I just sent you a friend's request.

You know, since I discovered mylot...I haven't been on Yuwie much. Stopped in to answer messages and approve blog comments.

How've you been? Good to see you here.:)

I should LEARN to be a hider and withdraw...my heart always over rules my head.

You put it very well. I had to learn the hard way to be very careful who I reached out to. I still make mistakes in judgement in this area. I want to believe that all people are good...and they are not.

I am learning day by day to place my trust in the LORD. I am human, and HE is God. He forgives my weaknesses...as long as HE sees my heart is trying.

Thank-you. I just wanted you to know that any kind of stress can be relieved by a combination of tactics - one of which is to communicate with friends and family. Another is to offer to help somebody who is in need. Helping others helps ourselves. But, if all these remedies are seemingly unavailable, a quiet meditation with your inner Source, or in steadfast prayer - however you see it or term it - will always do the trick.

So much of the time, we get so caught up in the busy-ness of our lives that we fail to "stop and smell the roses". So, go smell some roses for me. I'm still kind of busy.

Peace, Dan

I prefer lilacs. Roses are nice...lilacs are sublime! Prayer is the # 1 stress buster for me. Especialy since I am learning to put things in God's trustworthy hands. I have to consciously ask him to take over it for me.

Sorry it took me so long to respond, Eliteuser.

Everyone is different. Our chemicals in our wee little brains often get out of whack and it may make handling stress different for each of us. Not to mention I'm menopausal.... and that makes it an even greater challenge to be stress free.

Lately, I myLot. with celtic flutes and pipes playing in the background, of course.

I myLot, not usually with music at the same time though. Should try that...

I stay more peaceful that way.

Now when you see me get riled on here....it's bagpipes in the background playing!

Must bring out the scots/irish warrior in me?

But I DON'T have a blue face like braveheart....should try that, my kids would commit me for sure!

hehehe (funny image in my head)

is that where they get the 'blue in the face' saying from when people get angry? I say it a lot...."I've told you 'til I'm blue in the face!" Oh well....william wallace will always be one of my heros.

I think it's more like from not breathing than from blue paint...

yikes! I'll have to be careful then.

but dawn...look...he's red? Oh well.