What do you do to destress?

[MouseMichelle]

I only work part time nights and trust me in that work environment and with only 2 CNAs (who are the best in my opinion) and just me for 50 patients, some who belong in a psych ward... I have to destress.

My way is to Swim and do yoga.....I swim about 3 miles a week (a mile is 70 laps), and I do quite a bit of yoga on dvd sets, I use Wai Lana Dvds. I also meditate and do a lot of reading.

How do you de stress..........besides drinking just kidding.

Michelle

[riverotter]

One word:

ferrets.

[The Wake Up Guy]

The idea of 'De-stressing' is one way of managing stress. Another is to become Stress-proof.

Stress is almost always self-generated, caused by faulty interpretations or perceptions, or caused by a failure to manage one's attention.

Put simply, stress is often caused by a loss of perspective.

Learning to stay in touch with, and function from a perspective that is as vast as Life itself, keeps everything in its proper place. But when you are unable to maintain a vast perspective, EVERYTHING is stressful.

Aaron The Wake Up Guy

[BrookeeLou_RN]

I go out for a nice meal and come home and sleep and sleep.

[JenTheRN]

I wish I could work in my garden! It's still under two feet of snow and frozen ground! I usually browse the internets or play on the wii.

[steelydanfan]

I wish I could work in my garden! It's still under two feet of snow and frozen ground! I usually browse the internets or play on the wii.

Train or run in Triathalons, it keeps me sane. Horseback riding, boogie boarding.

[bebe2010]

I love to read, sit and play on the computer, surf the net.

[mama_d, BSN, RN]

I read, play with the kids, etc.

And the occasional drink and hot bath...I swear if I had more time or less kids this job could easily lead me to go through a bottle of wine every week.