Published on 12, July, 2020
I was feeling quite agitated this morning. I've been aware for a while that I don't seem to have any mechanisms of making myself feel calm. I don't have any 'stims'. I've spent the last hour reading the latest posts on this forum, and doing an Aspie Quiz on one of the threads, and I've found I feel much better now, calm and back to normal. I suspect because my mind became focused on doing something intently (replying to topics in detail, then doing a 122-question quiz), so it had no opportunity to wander and be distracted by whatever it was that was causing me to feel agitated.
What methods do you use if you're feeling agitated or stressed out by something, to make yourself feel calmer?
Playing guitar is a good distraction for me, doesn't have to be anything specific just noodling will work fine as long as I can loose myself. Watching comedy on the telly/DVD is good as is going for a walk in the country and bird spotting.
I often switch to BBC 4 on Thursday to Saturday nights and watch / listen to old pop rock music documentary, such as history of punk/rock &roll etc or top of the pops 1984.
I can't read music but I love sitting at the piano and just make up my own melodies. That can literally send me off to another world