How do you de-stress yourself after a day of hard work?

[skunk]

I haven’t felt stress in a long time LOL

[MLR]

Cook up a storm and get DH to clean up..... Grap a silly romance and read it with a glass of chilled white wine...... Clean out the cupboards...... Turn on the shredder and start off with DH's collection of junk mailers...... Hv a nice hot shower, set a/c full blast at 18 degrees, lather on perfume lotion all over, get into bed and send an erotic SMS request to DH

[vfong1]

Go for a nice spa massage :love:

[buds]

vfong1, i think she meant how to de-stress

immediately when she gets home... so
mebbe the spa treat may need to wait.

[buds]

Aquamarine:

I always tell myself to forget about work stress and issues when I am back at home. But sometimes it's really hard to do so after a bad day and still need to put on a smiling face to my family especially to my child.


Can anyone share some advice here?

How old is your child?

For me, since my girls are older and they can
understand... i just tell them upfront. Hubs too.
We'll just say, mummy had a bad day and need
sometime to myself for awhile... I'll check in on
you girls later. Kiss.. Kiss.. Or hubs may say,
daddy is really tired right now and i need to
relax for awhile.. So far okay laarr, works.
Helps not to push us to blow our tops if it comes.
I mean it's really not their fault, aye..

But really... on attention seeking days, the kiddies
sure can get us riled up real good. I choose to see
it as a one-off day... It's not everyday we are like
that right?

And being humans, we can't run away from
emotions. So it's really difficult to put up a smiley
front and badger on anyhow on certain bad days.
I hear ya girl... hang in there. Bad days come and
hope bad days go too.

I feel ya..

Take care.

[schellen]

Play Uno with DD although sometimes more stressed than de-stressed cos occasionally must \"put water\" to balance the scales.


Otherwise, watch anime with DH or read book. Or watch DVD. Or play simple games on PC. But lately, I keep falling asleep earlier than DH so maybe my body is telling me that's the best way to de-stress now?

[MLR]

Some suggestions on mood boosters:

Get a good dose of sun daily, even on a gloomy day we still will be able to get about 2000 to 4000 lux (a measurement of light). Indoor lighting will give you about 100 to 500 lux. Natural light stimulates serotonin, the brain’s "feel good"/"fight stress" chemical. 10 to 15 mins a day is all you need.

Vit B complex together with vit C gives you energy and is a known mood booster. But don’t take it in the later half of the day or you would be too jazz up to sleep peacefully.

Have some soy daily. Phytoestrogens in soy help your body absorb the extra estrogen and protgesterone which makes you feel down. Steam/boiled edamame makes a healthy and nutritional snack. Its readily available in supermarkets.

Relax by breathing. Lay down quietly on a mat or bed, close your eyes, relax your body, focus on your breathing (breathe in deep thru your nose and exhale long and hard with a whoosh thru your mouth).

[Midori]

Aquamarine:

I always tell myself to forget about work stress and issues when I am back at home. But sometimes it's really hard to do so after a bad day and still need to put on a smiling face to my family especially to my child.


Can anyone share some advice here?

For me exercise does helps. I started jogging at least once a week. Don't get me wrong I am not those super fit type. But I started to jog slowly at least 30mins a week, followed by some stretching exercise. After the exercise and shower, it make me fresh and more energy to keep me going for next day at work and with kids too.


Hope this helps.

Midori :celebrate:

[jedamum]

tonypang:

I de-stress by hugging my wife

my dh did that too.
so i am told to station myself at the the gate to 'receive' him whenever he comes home everyday. :love:
it's no wonder he was always grumpy when i used to be a FTWM cos i came home later than him.

[Funguy71]

tonypang:

I de-stress by hugging my wife and son; and by playing with my son.

Yes, I do so by hugging my wife and daughter.