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batskeetsThe massage was great yesterday. I don't feel 100% today, but I do feel better.
I'm still not sleeping great, though, and I sometimes catch myself doing the clenchy-jaw thing when I'm trying to fall asleep, so I'm guessing it's some kind of residual stress. Normally, when I get so stressed out that I feel the need to be nice to myself, I go have some comforting food. Usually something exceedingly bad for me, like pizza, or a piece of cake from New Seasons. I haven't really been able to DO that over the past couple of weeks, though, because I'm trying to eat clean. Gah!
I've essentially lost one of my major ways of dealing with stress. I'm not really one of those people who pigs out every time something bad happens--although I *did* have some long periods of depression, back in the day, where I just ate badly all the time--but I'm apparently quite the stress-eater. I do at least manage to draw a line somewhere reasonable nowadays, but I never quite realized the extent of it until I didn't have the option at all.
So, um, meh. I can't be getting hour-long table massages every week, because that'll add up in a hurry. But just sitting around having a take-five moment doesn't really help me, either. Reading a book used to work, sometimes, but it often gives me a headache or makes me fall asleep, because I already use my eyes so much.
What should I do instead? Any stressmonkeys out there have some good tactics? (and no need to say, "decrease your stress!" because I'm already working on it)
I'm still not sleeping great, though, and I sometimes catch myself doing the clenchy-jaw thing when I'm trying to fall asleep, so I'm guessing it's some kind of residual stress. Normally, when I get so stressed out that I feel the need to be nice to myself, I go have some comforting food. Usually something exceedingly bad for me, like pizza, or a piece of cake from New Seasons. I haven't really been able to DO that over the past couple of weeks, though, because I'm trying to eat clean. Gah!
I've essentially lost one of my major ways of dealing with stress. I'm not really one of those people who pigs out every time something bad happens--although I *did* have some long periods of depression, back in the day, where I just ate badly all the time--but I'm apparently quite the stress-eater. I do at least manage to draw a line somewhere reasonable nowadays, but I never quite realized the extent of it until I didn't have the option at all.
So, um, meh. I can't be getting hour-long table massages every week, because that'll add up in a hurry. But just sitting around having a take-five moment doesn't really help me, either. Reading a book used to work, sometimes, but it often gives me a headache or makes me fall asleep, because I already use my eyes so much.
What should I do instead? Any stressmonkeys out there have some good tactics? (and no need to say, "decrease your stress!" because I'm already working on it)
