Handling stress.

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How do you cope woth stress? e.g., major financial problems, unemployment, stressful relationship, family problems, threat of eviction, deep dark secrets...all of them at once...?

I'm starting to shut down and I need to figure out how to avoid major depression. Insight?

I tackle the problems head on and while it doesnt eliminate the stress (unless Im successful in solving the problem) it does make it easier to cope with when Im actively doing something about it.

I figure its either that or give up and get depressed and I find that option distasteful.

With much difficulty and Klonopin

the fact that you knwo your gettign overwhelmed is a good thing, then you can ask for help....i got overwhelemed once, didnt know i was and got into a lot fo trouble.

-150 milligrams of Effexor
-Three soothing song tracks
-20 ounces of Coca Cola
-One pint of Starbucks Java Chocolate Chunk icecream

-Repeat as needed

I start getting snappish and go hide in my room until I feel better, generally.

I come on here and complain.(which beats my old methods of sex,drinking and cutting..thanks everybody)...

I also take Effexor and am getting counseling,but it hasnt helped "yet".
Sometimes I escape in my "interests" like this site,reading,making art.(use to excercise but to lazy lately)

When I am ready to deal with issue...I start making lists and lists of lists and doing on-line research and more lists about resources.Most of this is just "delay" tactics to avoid doing something,I am afraid to do.Sometimes I can actually break the problem down to small steps that I eventually follow through.

I don't cope well with stress at all. My coping techniques, such as they are, include smoking dope, drinking, throwing and smashing things (I do this less than I used to), self-harming (likewise), playing very loud rock music CDs, screaming, talking to myself, 'picking'. Not very good really, is it?

Bad things I do to deal with stress are:

- drink
- masturbate
- withdraw from outside world
- listen to depression music

Good things I do to deal with stress:

- go for a brisk walk, swim or a cycle ride
- ring a good friend and share my problems and how I feel
- do relaxation exercises
- try to get a good nights sleep

The times I can't handle stress very well are when my routine has been interrupted and when I hear certain noises. I don't know how to cope because I can't seem to think straight in those conditions. Today being one of them. I was getting ready for a meeting and someone stopped by my house before I left unannounced. I hate that. She didn't stay long, but it still bothered me. I was a little late getting going for the meeting which I had to drive an hour to get to. I figured I would only be a few minutes late, so I wasn't too stressed until I ran into some road construction. I hate that too! It ended up making me 15 minutes late for the meeting, which they were okay about but I hated being late. I've been home for awhile now, but still can't seem to relax or concentrate on anything.

Smass and break objects.

I deal with it pretty poorly.

Organizing things or cleaning things can help relieve stress for me though.

I can't handle stress.

It can trigger strange 'out of body' borderline Mr Spock experiences if it happens with other people around. Very hard to describe. It's not the epilepsy, it's an intense degree of paranoia but my brain slows down, going '1,2,3' through my usual routine very slowly and ice cold, right on the edge of a serious explosion but cold as ice over the top seeping through a buzzing in my mind like when I have a simple-partial seizure, but without the confusion or noises in the left ear, not a seizure.

I've never been able to put a name to it. It's happened as far back as I can remember.

Many small things can trigger it, even seeing someone looking me in the eye.

Got to see a psychologist and psychiatrist next month, neurologist too, so I'll bring it up I think.

I'm confused about it.

Anyone had any similar experiences?

Badly, because I am so easily frustrated. I especially get stressed if I am requested to multi-task.
I can multi-task, but I am pretty wild and cranky about it as I am going about and my speech apraxia really gets out of control.

Paul