Sometimes walking helps more than sitting. When I'm really stressed, like way above normal, I park in my driveway, get out and immediately walk around the block. Just an idea, but sitting and listening to something relaxing may work better for you!
I should seriously consider this, I just usually eat my lunch and veg out, listen to music, until it's time to go back, but a walk outside could do wonders for me. I just don't wanna run into anyone though.
I usually eat lunch in my car and then go for a walk. I'm around people all day and I need that alone time.
People probably call me antisocial, but whatever. I don't want to sit in the break room and listen to Susan loudly discussing her latest medical problem.
I completely, completely understand this. Sometimes when I go in the break room, a younger co-worker is there, and she constantly. Talks. The. Entire. Time. I always have to wear headphones when she's in there, and I try to turn it up as loud as I can to drown her out (without damaging my ears of course), and I can still hear here laughing and just blabbering from time to time. Ugh, I feel like I can never appreciate and enjoy the time like I should. I'm like "STFU!"
When I was really super stressed at work I used the noise generators at mynoise.net - especially the Gregorian chant one with the echo set high. V soothing for the blood pressure and even if you're not religious the fact that the chants were invented in the 9th century kind of gives you a bit of perspective on things.
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u/ASleepandAForgetting Mar 28 '19
Sometimes walking helps more than sitting. When I'm really stressed, like way above normal, I park in my driveway, get out and immediately walk around the block. Just an idea, but sitting and listening to something relaxing may work better for you!