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View Poll Results: How Do You Handle Stress?
I drink 10 9.62%
I take pills. 7 6.73%
I drink AND take pills 5 4.81%
I excercise. (running, workouts, whatever) 27 25.96%
I meditate, use a relaxation technique or bio-feedback 19 18.27%
I cry 18 17.31%
I come to MobileRead and lose myself in the Lounge 30 28.85%
I play online games/surf the net 27 25.96%
I watch TV 19 18.27%
I read 57 54.81%
I have a hobby......please post what it is. 17 16.35%
I use one of those little "stress balls" 3 2.88%
I throw one of those little stress balls at someone 7 6.73%
I sleep 27 25.96%
I eat 28 26.92%
I kick my kids, dog (s), cat (s) wife, husband, who/whatever happens to be nearest 3 2.88%
The blue one next to the fish. 11 10.58%
None of the above....please post what you do. 11 10.58%
I'm not voting, I just want to keep track of what others do. 1 0.96%
I eat bacon and donuts (or a bacon-filled donut.) 2 1.92%
I pray. 9 8.65%
I go shopping. 4 3.85%
I smoke. 9 8.65%
I turn to my dog(s)/cat(s)/squirrel(s)/llama(s)/whatever animal(s) for comfort 16 15.38%
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Old 10-18-2010, 01:21 AM   #151
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Nobody has mentioned sex.
(or should I assume that option I turn to my dog(s)/cat(s)/squirrel(s)/llama(s)/whatever animal(s) for comfort includes it?)
sex works! with the right partner!
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Old 10-18-2010, 04:48 AM   #152
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Old 10-18-2010, 04:55 AM   #153
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sex works! with the right partner!
That is a refreshing POV.
I was beginning to worry about people's state of mind. I just finished We by Yevgeny Zamyatin and 1984 by Eric Arthur Blair. The books made me wonder...then an absence of even one mention of sex over here and I thought we have a case.
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Old 10-18-2010, 10:26 AM   #154
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I like to spend time with my partner, sometimes sex is included in that, sometimes its not. After 5 years, I cannot understate the value of having someone you can sit in utter silence with an be completely comfortable, even comforted.

We are both in very high stress jobs, and sometimes we just sit. One of our favorite things to do is to sit and read together in the still house. Sometimes even our beautiful little cat gets in on the act.
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Old 10-18-2010, 10:27 AM   #155
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Nobody has mentioned sex.
(or should I assume that option I turn to my dog(s)/cat(s)/squirrel(s)/llama(s)/whatever animal(s) for comfort includes it?)
I don't enjoy sex so much when I'm stressed - I start getting stressed that my stress is affecting my performance
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Old 10-18-2010, 10:29 AM   #156
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sex works! with the right partner!
We can have different partners?

Wait till my husband hears about THAT!!!
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Old 10-18-2010, 10:48 AM   #157
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I cannot understate the value of having someone you can sit in utter silence with an be completely comfortable, even comforted.
I think it is a sort of benchmark of love. When you achieve this state they say you are in the right company

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One of our favorite things to do is to sit and read together in the still house
I love it too. It is so peaceful. Soul's nirvana
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Old 10-18-2010, 11:32 AM   #158
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Wait till my husband hears about THAT!!!
Not sure my husband will approve... mmm, might ask my wife though
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Old 10-18-2010, 01:00 PM   #159
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Yes sex works, its a natural muscle relaxer. I can't quote any research or data to back that up, I only know it works for me. I suffer from extreme tension headaches that originate in the muscles at the base of my neck. Even when drugs fail sex always seems to do the trick. In the survey I assumed it went under "whatever" in the "I exercise" option. When I tell my wife I have a pretty bad headache she often responds with "whatever"

Speaking of something no ones mentioned; the option for "I smoke" does not specify what exactly one is smoking. I think that could be broken down into two different options; one being highly effective.
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Old 10-18-2010, 01:32 PM   #160
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Yes sex works, its a natural muscle relaxer. I can't quote any research or data to back that up, I only know it works for me. I suffer from extreme tension headaches that originate in the muscles at the base of my neck. Even when drugs fail sex always seems to do the trick. In the survey I assumed it went under "whatever" in the "I exercise" option. When I tell my wife I have a pretty bad headache she often responds with "whatever"

Speaking of something no ones mentioned; the option for "I smoke" does not specify what exactly one is smoking. I think that could be broken down into two different options; one being highly effective.
I'm not going to ask (or answer)!
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In the survey I assumed it went under "whatever" in the "I exercise" option. When I tell my wife I have a pretty bad headache she often responds with "whatever"

Speaking of something no ones mentioned; the option for "I smoke" does not specify what exactly one is smoking. I think that could be broken down into two different options; one being highly effective.
Well, it never occurred to me.......
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(catches one on the fly)

Thanks Jon!!! Yummy!
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Old 10-18-2010, 05:11 PM   #165
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Another good way to relieve stress is shopping.

It ALLWAYS helps me to send my wife shopping.

Until the bills come.
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