Issues

[CASHEW]

As a young guy as well who's going through a lot of stress as well I just wanted to let you know you're not alone and I know how you must feel. It's not fun, and I wish you the best of luck to a speedy recovery. 

  Buddy. Same to you! Never realized the damage it can do till the last month or so.

[homersipes]

  you are not alone with stress, as far as work goes, try not to take work home and dont take home to work.  I have found that a good stress relief is a sledge hammer, I go out in the garage and beat a huge chunk of wood into submission, afterwards, I am too tired to care about much and I really beat the snot out of it, so anger issues get worked out as well  . In all seriousness though, hope the girlfriend is better  , the c-word really sucks, my mom is going through round 2 with it .

[Bizman]

Spot on, Homer! Hard physical work is very good in balancing any other type of work. Lumbering, chopping firewoods, digging, shoveling snow... Anything you must concentrate into enough to avoid injuring yourself. I prefer organic jobs such as those mentioned, but I've learned some people reach the same state of brain resetting by off road motorcycling/snowmobiling. Of course it works the other way around, too. A truck driver may like miniature building or making lace (actually that was a very popular side job for our south-west coast sailors during the sailing ships era!). Playing AH is good, too.

Another warning: A true perfectionist may even try to be the best in suffering and stressing and being sick!