What do you do to calm yourself down

[shuggie86]

Lately, i have been suffering from nervousness and anxiety and i'm looking for ideas to help calm me down...besides smoking..cuz its not always an option for me

so help me out here!!

[geonagual]

sit in a comfortable chair...close your eyes, concentrate on your breathing, slowing it down..total relaxed position

[beachguy in thongs]

Breathe in through your nose, out through your mouth.

[friendowl]

when i feel bad or something aint right
i exercise. go outside and start running [like forest gump]
anything that gets your heart pounding will be good for you

when i feel real bad i hike on trails that have an element of danger
when you are confronted with death...life seems a lil easy

[BlazinKush]

I listen to music or lift weights to calm myself down.

[MrGuyUK]

one word - juggling.

[beachguy in thongs]

Try this: http://boards.cannabis.com/legal/140859-who-do-i-contact-somebody-shoot-me-down-3.html#post1747502

[RileyG]

As was already stated Excerise is a great way to clam yourself down. I'm also a fan of just listening to so really calm music.

[silkyblue]

call my Mom or
yoga toga

[shuggie86]

these are all great suggestions..i have tried many and some have some personal restrictions..

yesterday i was about to have a panic attack in my car..then i just kinda talked myself out of it..i'm not a big fan of positive self reinforcement (i.e. "i am beautiful" I am smart, blah blah)..like just audibly telling myself it would be okay and you are freaking out for no reason and you probably narcissiticly enjoy the drama..somehow i made it through.its just the thing is that its a constant angst for something. i can feel it in my gut.
i believe the reason is because i feel really guilty that i am constantly lying to my mom about doing drugs..i hate her and i love her soo much and i feel like i'm disrespecting her by bringing weed in the house and getting stoned behind her back..i just feel like my entire life is disrespecting her and thats all she'd expect from me...i am way too stoned to keep babbling..basically i wouldn't want my mom to find out because i know it would break her heart..

dude..i smoked so i could take a break from thinking about thhis..damn it.

[Coelho]

Well... whenever i must calm down, and cant smoke weed, i drink passion fruit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passion_fruit) juice... it works wonders... and its very tasty too! :thumbsup:

[DRybes]

Take a couple of sleep aid pills. natural relaxer.

[beachguy in thongs]

call my Mom or
yoga toga

So, you're sticking with this answer.

Your Mom must've bailed you out of a lot of situations, when you were little.

[fasterspider]

If I find myself starting to get nervous, I hit the "Fuck it" switch and walk away from the whole scene until I can come back and control the scene.

[Metaphor]

music?

[silkyblue]

Thanks ! Could the mods be a lamb and remove my 'call my mommy' post above? I got my own problems with health, sorry don know how I got here coulda been herby )

my mom~~

My mom is the only one I ever had in my childhood early years, for protection from my father

is that what you want to hear?

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