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Topic: Coping with stress.  (Read 1662 times)

Offline maul

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Coping with stress.
on: July 03, 2007, 05:13:14 AM
Cold. Hard. Mind-bending stress. I find that Nyquil in large quantities does the trick. You?

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Re: Coping with stress.
Reply #1 on: July 03, 2007, 05:20:46 AM
i think you forgot to mention something you just mentioned in the chat  :-X
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Re: Coping with stress.
Reply #2 on: July 03, 2007, 05:51:17 AM
shhhh, that'll be our little secret. :-*

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Re: Coping with stress.
Reply #3 on: July 03, 2007, 08:11:18 AM
Sometimes I just lose it for a bit and go on a rampage.

Doesn't really solve anything, there might be a better way.  Those stress balls are a joke

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Re: Coping with stress.
Reply #4 on: July 03, 2007, 01:24:06 PM
you're not using them right.  you have to get the chi ones that make little ringing sounds.  you shake them near your ear.  it's a combination of balance and ringing out the bad vibes out of your head.  i think they're great.  the even weights make them seem like you are balancing yourself.  although, prayer is a better mental balancer, imo.   

of course, one could always go take a nap as well.
   

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Re: Coping with stress.
Reply #5 on: July 03, 2007, 09:10:00 PM
Vicodin cocktails used to do the trick for me.
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Re: Coping with stress.
Reply #6 on: July 03, 2007, 09:37:52 PM
Swim. lol. It does wonders (seriously).
[lau] 10:01 pm: like in 10/4 i think those little slurs everywhere are pointless for the music, but I understand if it was for improving technique

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Re: Coping with stress.
Reply #7 on: July 03, 2007, 10:50:47 PM
 at least 1/3 of the threads may be repeated cuz they already exist:  https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/topic,14045.0.html

mozartian, you didn't give me a chance to deeper explain what i mean't about 10/4.
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Re: Coping with stress.
Reply #8 on: July 03, 2007, 11:07:25 PM
So lau copes with stress by going back to 2005 and searching for redundant threads.  i c.

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Re: Coping with stress.
Reply #9 on: July 04, 2007, 04:55:33 AM
it was to show that this thread subject has been discussed before.
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Re: Coping with stress.
Reply #10 on: July 04, 2007, 08:20:56 PM
Lau, I think the "Happy 4th of July" thread has been discussed before. Go search for it!!!!111 Anyway, back on subject.

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Re: Coping with stress.
Reply #11 on: July 04, 2007, 09:11:43 PM
lol...stress makes me work harder and practise much more piano, it motivates me to work, I don't know why.
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Re: Coping with stress.
Reply #12 on: July 05, 2007, 06:19:55 PM
Cold. Hard. Mind-bending stress. I find that Nyquil in large quantities does the trick. You?

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