What is "relaxing"?

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30 Aug 2011, 1:18 pm

What exactly do people mean when they say "relax tonight" or "do something relaxing"? I get bored at home when I'm not reading textbooks or computer programming.

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30 Aug 2011, 1:23 pm

I don't know anymore - I can never relax!
For me, watching youtube videos is relaxing.

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30 Aug 2011, 1:37 pm

For me, doing something that is my choice and for which there is no specific deadline is relaxing: there no one observing me and I'm not even pushing myself to finish. Doing nothing is also relaxing, up to a point. By doing nothing I mean plunking myself down in front of the TV and watcing whatever is on with judgment suspended.

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30 Aug 2011, 4:40 pm

This kinda thing is very relaxing to me. Puts me into a very clear state of mind.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLvktB9n2ec[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVpWQcLZzIY[/youtube]

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30 Aug 2011, 4:43 pm

Not having to worry about anything.

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30 Aug 2011, 4:43 pm

I watch two and a half men to relax at night. otherwise I am highstrung and engaging in my special interests (harry potter, the internet).

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30 Aug 2011, 5:49 pm

I relax after hard workouts by listening to music while lying on the ground.

I chillax on the computer whenever I am bored.

I rest whenever I go to bed at night.

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30 Aug 2011, 5:57 pm

SteelMaiden wrote:

What exactly do people mean when they say "relax tonight" or "do something relaxing"? I get bored at home when I'm not reading textbooks or computer programming.

Then reading and computer programming are probably the things which are relaxing to you. In other words, they make you happy and relieve your stress.

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31 Aug 2011, 6:26 pm

Actually I know the answer to this one. Turns out for NTs working on something that is not relaxing, it is stressing. For most NTs programming is stressing and reading is boring. They just cannot understand for you its funny and that you actually enjoy doing that. When they say do something relaxing they mean do something pleasant for you that is out of the ordinary and that does not represent work, like watching a movie or playing chess, something you enjoy and that does not involve much effort. But then for you probably that wont be funny, you will be stressed thinking on what you are NOT doing.

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31 Aug 2011, 8:11 pm

Ilka wrote:

For most NTs . . . reading is boring.

Incorrect.

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31 Aug 2011, 9:34 pm

jmnixon95 wrote:

Ilka wrote:

For most NTs . . . reading is boring.

Incorrect.

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31 Aug 2011, 9:35 pm

jmnixon95 wrote:

Ilka wrote:

For most NTs . . . reading is boring.

Incorrect.

Maybe you are right. Maybe I need to re-phrase. Most NTs I know find reading boring. And that IS true.

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01 Sep 2011, 10:41 am

I suppose that for quite a few NTs lazing in front of the TV is relaxing. But for others, reading or moderate exercise is relaxing (I actually find high intensity exercise relaxing). But all the NTs I know like reading fiction for relaxation. I wouldn't go near fiction personally, I hate the stuff.

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01 Sep 2011, 9:45 pm

I relax when i am asleep :tired:

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