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Dealing With Frustration

Jul 10, 2007 04:14


How do you deal with frustration ( Read more... )

emotions, feelings, frustrated, frustration

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foomf July 10 2007, 15:11:54 UTC
Breathe. If I notice I'm frustrated, I just stop and do zen breathing for a while.

Then, when I'm centered again, I start looking at what I feel, since frustration seldom has a single cause.

I sometimes do the "bab5 question and answer" ... who am I, what do I want, why am I here, where am I going?

(and for some reason this reminds me of Alfred Bester's book "Tyger, Tyger", published in the US as "The Stars My Destination".
Who are you? Where are you from? Where are you now? Where are you going?)

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dpolicar July 10 2007, 15:22:39 UTC
Everything I was going to say has been said, so yay!
I'll echo, in particular: "walk," "breathe," and "do something immediately, visibly productive" (wiping down the kitchen counters is one of my defaults).

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missionista July 11 2007, 00:24:13 UTC
I go for the walking and exercising thing. Also, having a friend or two that you can see/call just to vent about whatever it is can be helpful.

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egwenna July 11 2007, 02:23:46 UTC
I'm in the walking crowd. I walk away and focus on breathing and muttering to myself about how I want things to be, talking myself down (in my head so I don't look like a complete weirdo). Opportunity permitting, I might clean, pull weeds or go to yoga as well. Productive things that take me out of the moment.

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whitebird July 12 2007, 06:22:39 UTC
I used to buy calculators. Now, I'm not sure what I do.

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