- Watch Jenna Marbles videos over and over. That girl is a freaking genius, guys, I can't even handle it. She makes me laugh more than anything else, recently.
- Blast Florence and the Machine. Not entirely sure why this one worked, but it did.
- Write lists. I find list writing soothing, even if the list is "things I need to buy before London" and they are all things I cannot afford.
- Plan videos I will record when I acquire the camera of my dreams (Canon t3i because it's just fancy enough to be perfect, but not over the top. Let's remember, this is YouTube, I'm not filming The freaking Hobbit with it.)
- Tea. Lots of it.
- Share secrets with Paige and Todd.
This video. SO. HYSTERICAL.
Julie & Julia. Seriously, that film calms me for some reason. So does An Education. And the cast commentary of Lord of the Rings.
Days till London: 38.
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You find that writing a list soothing?
Wow...
You definitely get a salute from me cos' writing a list usually drives me mad.
Then again, humans are complex creatures.
Haha, that video! Thank you so much for leading me to that masterpiece!
When I'm angry I normally just go out, I walk or run or drive anywhere and then I calm down and realize that now I need some sort of strength to make it back up the big hill that my neighborhood sits on.
That video is brilliant.
Tea. An Education. Seriously those two things together make me feel ten million times better than before.
I agree about Florence & The Machine too. It feels very empowering to sing along (even if I can't even pretend to hit the notes haha)
I watch John Green videos when I'm upset or stressed out. Old ones mainly. I don't know his voice is soothing? Ugh that just sounds creepy, but I guess it's somewhat true.
I hope you get the camera you want. I am considering converting to Canon (from Nikon) once I acquire enough money ... that could be a while, haha.
I do a puzzle while I listen to the Harry Potter audiobooks. I love doing puzzles and I love Harry Potter, so the combination tends to take all my focus off whatever is making me mad and calms me down. :)
Oh, I write lists too! And listen to Florence. And drink tea. Drinking tea is probably an universal way of managing anger, you can't be angry when you drink tea.
But I also have a habit of cleaning my room when I get frustrated (I rarely get angry). Usually I just pick things up and put them back where they belong, but if I'm really frustrated I vacuum and stuff too. If there's nothing to put away and I've already vacuumed, I re-arrange my bookshelf and sort through my stuff.
I don't have OCPD, promise. I just get even more frustrated if it's messy around me, so I deal with that and my frustration at the same time. Win-win!
The one thing that always, without fail, calms me down, is listening to Oliver Boyd & the Remembralls. Within two songs, I am happily singing along, no longer angry/frustrated/sad/whatever. Christian's solo music does the same for me. I'm not sure what it is about it, whether it's his voice or just his brilliance in general, but it works.
Walking around listening to loud music. Ranting to my friends. Writing letters, if I'm angry at someone, and tossing them away.
The drinking tea part never fails for me. I also tend to write out what is frustrating me by hand, the pain from writing cramps takes my mind off whatever is frustrating or bothering me.
I find reading harry potter to be soothing. Makes me forget silly muggle problems for a bit! :D
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