- Bite nails.
- Sit and focus on one word, repeat in head continuously until it no longer makes sense
- Listen to favorite music
- Practice breathing exercises
- Meditate
- Watch favorite movies from when I was growing up. Great escapism.
- Make paper airplanes out of grocery bags
- Hold cat up and talk in a little voice while waving his arms around like he's the one talking.
- Take head and place in vice; tighten until I start to feel cracking
- Cut own hair with eyes closed
- Microwave stuff just to see what happens to it (boy, you should see what it did to my pet lobster)!
- Eat expired foods to see if nervous stomach allows it to pass by with no side effects
- Spin around until nausea sets in, continue spinning until vomiting occurs.
- Take paperclip and attempt to pierce tongue. Fail miserably, then lick freshly cut lemon
- Chew on tinfoil
- Jab things under fingernails
- Put thin layer of Elmer's school glue on hands, allow to dry, then peel off like dead skin
- Throw already broken cell phone against wall to try and make it even more broken
- Eat food that tastes bad and attempt to convince self that it tastes like chocolate cake. Hey, it's all mind over matter, man!
- Stomp on own foot until it goes numb
- Hold newspaper upside down in front of a mirror, try to read it
- Try and play CDs by putting CD face down on turntable, spinning really fast with hand, and pointing laser pointer beam on it
- Hold breath until I pass out
- Try and lose pencil eraser up nostril like that one kid in 7th Grade did
- Bang head against wall
- Make Macaroni and Cheese and upon completion, get out Bunsen burner, goggles, and flasks, try to reverse steps and turn back into uncooked pasta, butter, milk, and powder.
- Make lists of ridiculous things to do when freaking out
Friday, November 12, 2004
Things to do when you're freaking out
I've been under a bit of stress lately. Here's how I cope. Not only are these pointers good for stress relief, but they're good time killers if you're bored, too!
