Intensive Decompression: Brain Reset by Sleeping in Nature

Re:Intensive Decompression: Brain Reset by Sleeping in Nature by akonan on Tuesday January 29, 2013 @08:52AM (#5133907)

This was my little experiment to battle stress and pressure at work. How do you manage stress?

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Re:Intensive Decompression: Brain Reset by Sleeping in Nature by colanderman on Tuesday January 29, 2013 @09:20AM (#5134042)

Get on a bicycle and just ride somewhere (but nowhere in particular). Forces my mind out of deadline mode, since I can't know when I'll be back or when I'll get to where I'm going. Also, by removing myself from familiar surroundings, helps me forget things (like work) associated with them.

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Re:Intensive Decompression: Brain Reset by Sleeping in Nature by akonan on Tuesday January 29, 2013 @09:24AM (#5134073)

Those are great tips!

I could see myself building a habit of wandering around unknown parts of the city.

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Re:Intensive Decompression: Brain Reset by Sleeping in Nature by outworlder on Tuesday January 29, 2013 @09:58AM (#5134300)

Where do you live?

I can't do that. The 'unknown' parts of my city are unknown for a reason...

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Re:Intensive Decompression: Brain Reset by Sleeping in Nature by jessaustin on Tuesday January 29, 2013 @11:57AM (#5134964)

The danger you face on a bicycle is from motorized vehicles. You're not going to get mugged on a bike during the daytime unless you are very unwise. Ride a bike that isn't obviously valuable, don't wear fluorescent colors, don't stop to sightsee, don't stop for conversations, and don't expect your lock to help you if leave your bike unattended. In poor areas riding a bike is an indicator that you are poor or that you have lost your driver's license (which is another indicator that you are poor). As long as you don't contradict that impression you'll be fine.

For instance, when I lived near LA I would regularly bike all over, including through areas such as Compton.

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Re:Intensive Decompression: Brain Reset by Sleeping in Nature by akonan on Tuesday January 29, 2013 @10:14AM (#5134391)

Helsinki, Finland. The city is pretty small, so there's not actually that many unknown places. And every place is safe to go.

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Re:Intensive Decompression: Brain Reset by Sleeping in Nature by klinquist on Tuesday January 29, 2013 @09:52AM (#5134250)

For me, it's motorcycles / motorsports. Something that requires concentration so intense that it is impossible for your brain to stress about anything else.

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Re:Intensive Decompression: Brain Reset by Sleeping in Nature by Florin_Andrei on Tuesday January 29, 2013 @01:38PM (#5135472)

"You start riding, and the world disappears. It's magic, and you unleash it with your right hand."

http://florin.myip.org/blog/engines-joy

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Re:Intensive Decompression: Brain Reset by Sleeping in Nature by utefan001 on Tuesday January 29, 2013 @09:56AM (#5134285)

If you have children, take them out of school for a day and go skiing.

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Re:Intensive Decompression: Brain Reset by Sleeping in Nature by cafard on Tuesday January 29, 2013 @07:58PM (#5137455)

In my 20s (quite a while ago now) I would run home from work a couple of days a week, roughly 70 to 90 minutes at a decent clip for a recreational runner. That tended to burn off a lot of stress.

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Re:Intensive Decompression: Brain Reset by Sleeping in Nature by meaty on Tuesday January 29, 2013 @09:36AM (#5134146)

Avoid work!

Seriously.

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Re:Intensive Decompression: Brain Reset by Sleeping in Nature by LatvjuAvs on Tuesday January 29, 2013 @10:29AM (#5134481)

Change meaning of stress, why stress, what is stress?

Can't you just sit there at work, drink your tea, enjoy the view outside the window, the birds, concrete, clouds and noise. Listen how people speak, phones ring, listen to this music, composition of life.

Problem? Turn around and walk away. If problem is not solved by then, then try different strategy. Experiment. Failures are essential to success.

More of life will not help you get away from life.

Also, I did not considered one important factor, you enjoy stress and have opinion that it is must be rid off. >:D

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