Stressed

I hope you feel a bit better by now. I used to feel like I was going to explode all the time, it was pretty scary. Sometimes in life we have to live in places and with people that drive us crazy. My only advice is: never pack up and storm out if you don’t have anywhere to go. By all means take a small bag of survival stuff and go away from there for as long as you need to miss your bed, bathroom, heating, wifi and whatever. Don’t throw your keys down and storm off if you have nowhere better to be. If you already have a list of people you could go stay with then pack a few things and go stay there for a few days but don’t make anything permanent. In some ways, a lot of ways life is a game of survival and burning bridges is never good (unless there are zombies on the bridge then burn that f*cker down). If you’re stressed then people will do your head in. My absolute golden rule that I learned too late in life is: never run away. I won’t let myself walk off jobs or leave wherever I am living ever again. There is nothing better than that feeling in the first sixty minutes (sometimes much less) when one walks out but the repercussions just aren’t worth it. Life is a lot like jail so do what you would do in jail. Sleep, do push-ups, lift heavy things, whatever gets your aggression out and keeps you vaguely sane and not exploding. Every time that you don’t run away you get stronger. If you want to take it out on yourself lift some weights or do some sit-ups because muscles are more empowering than scars in the long run.