Ever had that feeling that you just want to punch something and scream your lungs out. I have and it often can lead to self-destructive tendencies which I have a lot. I once punched a cinder block wall and made a tiny hole and broke my hand. I had to cover the wall with a frame so that they won't notice the damage.
So I was reading something that really made me mad and I could feel my blood pressure shooting up, my teeth grinding and my fingers itching to go keyboard warrior mode and start a flame comment.
I have a really bad temper once it starts and in more than one occasion has gotten me in trouble. So I have developed several methods for me to quickly cooldown before I saw something hurtful or stupid or usually both.
Get away from the source of your stress
Seems simple enough when something is stressing you out then move away from it especially if its a person before you start punching someone.
By being around stressors you elevate your blood pressure, you activate your body's Fight or Flight response which causes spikes in adrenalin which can also spike your aggression levels if you are argumentative like me.
Breathe Deeply and Meditate
If you are unable to leave like if you are in a meeting fret not and sit tight and start breathing deeply and start meditating. I do yoga whenever I wake up and I turn to it whenever I am in a stressful situation.
Breathing deeply calms you down and tricks your brain into relaxing. While doing meditation will help in clearing your mind and refocusing to more positive aspects.
Eating Chocolate
I am not saying that stress eating is okay, but having a piece of chocolate has its benefits of lifting your mood. The taste sends euphoric signals to your brain and helps releases some happy hormones.
I usually have some chocolate always on hand to give as a gift to make someone smile or for myself when I am feeling down.
Taking a long walk and breathing in fresh air
My office is blessed to be near a park and sometimes I get the urge to start slapping people with a steel chair and so instead of being hauled to the police station for assault I tend to walk and breath in the fresh air and be surrounded by trees and grass.
I just let the oxygen fill my lungs and that repetitive movement of one foot after another calms me down.
I covered forest bathing in one post of mine before and although this is not a forest but being around nature has a healing effect on people.
Do something that you like
May it be watching a video to make you laugh or one of my guilty pleasures lately is reading through the entries of the Steemit #comedyopenmic.
It has a diverse set of humor from crass to not knowing if it was so funny that it went beyond your understanding. It has written format, memes, videos and even spoken word so whatever floats your boat you will find it here.
Ever since I have been around 
These are some of my favorites Steemit OpenMic Week 86 @paintingangels -Original NEW Song - "Fly"
Serena the resident cookie giver serenades you with her soft and vulnerable voice and because of that, she won this week's Open Mic challenge!! She is awesome so give her a follow.
Steemit OpenMic Week 87 🎼//TO THE MOON//🔥 Steem original + steem-promo project draft
Marica is another talented Steemian who uses music to promote Steem which I think is a great thing to do and bring in more talent.
Steem has the amazing way of being able to get an audience, share your music and get paid for it. Gone is the idea of the starving artist as they find value in the blockchain by sharing their art.
So anything that you like that relaxes you and something that does not involve hurting you or another person.
How about you what are some of the ways you destress quickly?
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