If something is stressing you out, how do you cope?

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When something is more than my mind can handle my hearing and vision starts to shut down and sounds and sights become blurry and distant. When that happens I need to remove myself from what ever and go find a dark and quiet place to recover.

It depends, but when the stress gets bad, the only thing that really helps is "tuning out." I just kind of turn off my brain and go away for a while, like a few hours or maybe most of the day if that's possible. It's not completely voluntary, though, as this often happens when there's something I'm supposed to be doing but I can't handle the stress so I just tune everything out.

Listen to angry angry hardcore music.

Distract myself with phone apps.

Distract myself with a special interest.

Try to lose myself in a completely different thought.

Grunt, scream, swear, lash out.

Shutdown.

^ usually I do any one of those options.

I turn off all the lights and lie on my back and listen to Mozart or Bach.

Sometimes its good to think about the big picture and exactly how revelant the problem is in the grand scheme of things. Often things I worry about are not that important when I put them into perspective. I also sometimes think about how it doesn't matter what others think about me, and that can make me feel better too.

Exercise, taking frustrations out on an exercise bike, rowing machine etc. can be good also.

Hot baths with essential oils & massage

I "deal" with it by crying, throwing a tantrum, procrastinating, stubbornness.......I don't deal with it well. Sorry, I'm not really helping.

Music sometimes helps. In the past I used to melt down and have shouting matches with either my parents or my husband for hours (not productive). Now that I have learned more I engage in repetitive behaviors. I have jumped on a trampoline or stood in water and let ways crash my legs but since I do not have frequent access to those things I do what I describe next. Under my bed right now is a tupperware container mixed with beans and rice. I will go on in my room alone turn on the television quietly and just run my fingers through the beans and rice or pick it up like it is sand and let it run through my fingers. I feel like a completely different person after awhile. My husband is amazed at the change in me after I have used my sensory kit. He's says I'm a different person but in a good way

I get these really bad "black moods" where I get really taciturn and obsessive. All I want to do is solve a problem that is bugging me when I get like this. I start to rock and back and fourth when I get really stressed, also pace around in a circle while stimming.

I used to listen to angry music and write poetry, but now I'm more inclined to play a video game to take my mind off it. Either that, or I lie on my bed and cry...

I also find holding my hands under cool running water for a few minutes calms me down.

I usually cope by talking with someone. Things like music, etc, only help for so long and then I just snap. Talking helps because it allows me to get out of my own head and gain another perspective on whatever is bothering me.