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How do you Stay Calm in the Chaos? 7/9/2007 6:54:15 PM
There are drugs, of course, and classes in relaxation and meditation. There are therapies and all kinds of therapists. There’s alcohol, but I don’t think that does a lot to calm people. I know a bar where when they announce last call, most of the crowd thinks they said last brawl. This is true and definitely not calming.
Animals can have a very calming effect. Not if you run into a bear in the wilderness, that wouldn’t be very calming. Television is too much of a source of irritation to be calming and even radio these days is strange. Telephone ranks with televisions on my list. COMPUTERS ARE NOT CALMING!
Music is calming. At least it is for me. One thing that calms me quicker than anything is to play my guitar. It has for almost forty years. The music in the car next to me that causes me to bounce in my seat is not calming.
Scenery can be calming, but you want to avoid hurricanes, flash floods, and things like that if possible. Long drives used to be calming, but I have indentations in my hands from the steering wheel if I spent too much time in traffic of late.
Reading is way up at the top of my list for calming, but I avoid books that try to take that from me.
Friends and family can be calming or a source of irritation on some days.
