What do you do when you’re stressed? If I’m starting to feel overwhelmed or as if I can’t handle all of the pressure that I’ve been dealt with, then I tend to either vent to my friends or family, listen to music, or I avoid or alter out unnecessary stress. Everyone has different ways that they cope with stress and these ways I find help myself the most. I cope with being stressed by venting to my friends and family due to the fact that they can add their input and help guide me in the right direction to my happiness again. If it’s self-inflicted stress, then they can help me get out of that with constructive words of criticism which if I’m stressed, is typically needed. I find that my family and friends almost always know what to says. Also, I like venting to my friends because they have a way of comforting me that sometimes my family cannot. They know what makes me calm down, and what also makes me smile and happy again. If my friends and family are knowing that I’m stressed they know very well how to not make me feel alone, because sometimes that’s all you want is someone to be there for you. It’s also not healthy to keep things bottled up inside for too long, and the people closest to us are what help us get by when we are in times of need. Another way that I find helpful when I’m stressed is to just find a place to seclude myself, such as my car, or my room, and just surround myself with music. I like listening to music when I’m stressed due to the fact that more times that not, the music can often relate to your situation. I enjoy listening to music while I’m exercising to motivate me, and I also enjoy listening to music when I’m just laying in bed about to drift asleep. I also truly enjoy listening to music because it’s something I love- I honestly don’t know if I could go a day without listening to music. I find that listening to music is a not a luxury either, its a necessity to help with my st