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?
Just thought I'd put this on as an example of one of my steam railway photographs. Hope someone finds it interesting!
I do take other things apart from Steam Locomotives in case you were wondering!
Wow, spotter, that is cool! Love anything to do with steam .... trains, old beam engines, you name it. I love the machines but also the smell of them is wonderful
Me too. I got dragged along by my Dad as a child and now love going on a steam train. My youngest has not inherited my love of this though. I’m even enough of a buff to, when spotting a new style train on the opposite platform I grabbed my camera!
Anything mechanical for me, it does a job,it needs to be understood to function correctly, it needs looking after,and if is found suffering by me and left for the scrap I will rescue it, lovingly take it apart, fix any problems and lovingly put it back together quite often with improvements to the original, paint it and polish the steel,and proudly display it with all the other semi retired items.
Each tool could tell a story, From being thought of designed by draughtsmen,fabricated by skilled engineers who then send it for testing, it proves it’s abilities and is thought of as fit for the job, expensive but quite right as think of all the people involved to produce it?
whole families depending on its success, putting food on the table for everyone involved.being there when nothing else would do,giving long service and falling by the wayside once a newer model comes along.
I also enjoy steam and went to the great Dorset steam fair two years running,Four days of bliss,apart from the massive crowds that is.