Methods of releasing pent up energy (both positive and negative energy)

What methods do you have of releasing the energy and feelings that build up throughout the day/week/month etc.? 

If stimming is what I need to do, I pace back and forth relentlessly, play with my hands or I touch my face a lot. It depends on the subtlety required really.

At the end of a day I like to lift weights. This serves two purposes for me. Firstly It helps me physically express the turmoil of the day and allows my body to match the tiredness of my mind. The second function is that it allows me to feel something that I can actually pinpoint and see the cause and effect. When you lift weights to failure, it hurts (in a positive way). I can then identify this feeling and cause, where as a lot of what happens during a busy day can often go unnoticed and be hard to understand later.

Im asking as I’ve had a very overstimulating day of unplanned sensory demands, but I’m determined to proactively work through it. This is my written part.

Id be interested in reading your strategies and seeing the varied responses to this potentially shared experience.

Take care.

  • Thank you Blush

  • That's so great Rai!

    I know I have a lot of work to do. Starting with a negative coping mechanism.

    Starting to like yourself is huge and I'm really happy for you Grinning

  • Yes that's about where I am. I am actually looking at my reactions and coping mechanisms and asking how they help me, I'm amazed how much they do help me and I'm embracing it now. I definitely need to understand me but I'm starting to like me a lot more. 

  • I'm learning each day all the different things I do, and why. I've just reached acceptance, and now tentatively beginning self discovery. 

  • I have only just started rocking again, but I think it's because I'm too exhausted to get up and pace a lot of the time. 

    I do the finger tapping when I'm walking down the street though, it helps me forget I'm stressed.

  • Grinning it does seem to describe the sound perfectly, doesn't it Grinning

  • Yapping- what a great phrase for what can happen in these moments!

  • I want to be able to focus on it, and unfortunately people in my house like to yap.

  • Makes sense about the sounds of the flooring in different rooms.

    If I'm bursting with positive energy then I will often laugh, silent clap and rock.

    Though I've started to sit on my bed, put on a song that I like and know well, then I sing to it whilst rocking, eyes closed and tapping my forefinger and thumb together, rapidly alternating betweenGrinningands. It makes a great brain distraction Grinning

  • I see. Privacy is important in these moments. It’s a time to explore inner dialogue and build understanding. This can only happen in a setting that you feel comfortable with.

  • I like hearing my feet on the floor in the kitchen it helps calm me down. By the time I get home I don't want the sound because I'm overwhelmed so it's the living room. 

    Sometimes I'm absolutely bursting with positive energy so I dance. That will be all over the flat though lol. 

  • I pace and talk to myself when I'm getting wound up or agitated, and for some reason I always go to the kitchen. I understand that I go there's at work as I'm not seen and I make tea as an excuse, not sure why I go there at home though.

  • After watching the 1st episode my boss was able to see me as autistic,  so I definitely think it will help to make changes. I do want to watch it, I just need to have privacy to do so.

  • Yes, me too. My mornings start with walking and talking around the kitchen as I know I'll have to be quiet and still at uni. Then I get home and either pace in the living room talking over what's happened or I dance. I'm so glad I read this thread. I really am starting to think that my bipolar is a misdiagnosis.

  • This is interesting. If you get round to watching it, it would be interesting to hear what you thought. My wife and I were absolutely hooked on the second episode. So many thing I’d struggled to vocalise were summed up perfectly. It’s going to help a lot, I think.

  • I do that when I have happy energy Grinning

  • I get you. It’s how I feel too. When you’ve had nothing, anything would make a difference. But I think this place is better than just ‘anything’. It’s home.

  • This is what I do also. Sometimes I dance too. 

  • I havent watched it yet. My boss said she could see me in a person from the first episode. 

  • It makes such a difference 

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