How do you relieve stress??

Originally posted by smiley21
i have a real problem with stress. i worry and cause myself to lose it over little things. i don't have a short temper at all, but i have a problem with letting things roll off my back.

i have been a tense person ever since high school. mainly because i want everything perfect and planned. now i KNOW that nothing always go as planned. change is a part of life. so dont tell me that.
i stress over it anyway.

now it has dramatically change my health. i get headaches a lot. i get aches and pains. my weight has even changed. i know that there is medical proof in stress releasing a chemcial in your stomach area that cause a little weight gain. i have changed my eating habits. i haven't drank soda in 6 months and i eat sweets not very often.


is there anything that i can do to calm myself down and relax? i want to take it easy, but i am afraid of not achieving my goals.
but i want to be healthy too.

I guess I can sorta relate but I never get headaches, stressed or unstressed. I'm pretty uptight and tense about some things, usually dealing with safety and security issues. I still am, that's not going change.

I like to go out for a run, a long bike, something that will physically drain me a little. Other times, I jump into a hot shower and just stay there for a while. Listen to some music, typical stuff.