Re: Stress - how in the heck can you manage it?

[Guest guest]

Well, you could always set up a nice relaxing bath for yourself. Use

some bubbles, candles, and soft music. Be sure to turn down the

lights. That always works for me.

Jo

> I know that stress cause a lot of physical problems,

> not only problems with bg, but I can't get a handle on

> it. A lot is my personality, can you change that????

>

> My husband seems to blow things off, but is he really

> just internalizing it? I think the latter.

>

> Watching three of my grandchildren the last few days,

> stress in itself as I am not use to the clutter and

> noise. My son told me he got a ticket for buying beer

> for someone underage. I forget to pick up my daughter

> with Downs Syndrome up from work, and another daughter

> who just moved to Virginia called.

>

> Food in the past has helped me with the stress. Now

> that is out, how do people handle stress? It's not

> like you can stop in the middle of watching kids to go

> mediate. Writing at the library helps me and

> sketching helps, but that all seems to irrate my

> husband for some reason which adds more and more

> stress.

>

> Just trying to see what others do and see if it would

> work for me.

>

> Kate

>

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[Guest guest]

> now that stress cause a lot of physical problems,

> not only problems with bg, but I can't get a handle on

> it.  A lot is my personality, can you change that????

>

>

I wouldnt suggest the way that I changed my stress level. I used to be such a

type A always upset person, now that I was in a coma, everything seems

different. Im happy just to wake up in the mornings, the rest is just icing on

the

cake