Tips for staying calm when people stress you out

Avoidance
Food
Smoking
Alcohol

Try the counting to ten method? Doesn't work with me personally. I usually just don't act or say anything while angry. Take a second, chill, and than reply. But don't react while angry, usually only makes things worse!

shakes1 said:

Try the counting to ten method? Doesn't work with me personally. I usually just don't act or say anything while angry. Take a second, chill, and than reply. But don't react while angry, usually only makes things worse!

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Yeah counting to 10 does nothing for me.
I do the same for Shakes just restrain myself and calm down.

Exercise
Have balance in your life
Don't bottle it up. Vent it out to yourself in private properly and the next day approach the person and ask them to not do whatever it is

Exercise, beer and sex.
get enough of these 3 and you will be relatively stress free

Ignore and give the quiet shoulder. Eventually they get the message. I have not been stressed for ages since I used this technique. Live and let live.

Keep saying fsuk it in your head.

Also it will be done when its done.

I don't respond at first which make people mad. Then shrug & walk away when they start their outburst....

If your stressed often go to a herbal health shop and ask for magic juju anti stress stuff
For a more instant gratification method try those rescue remedy drops
and even quicker gratification, punch the ashole

A baseball bat works wonders.

I just swallow my frustration. I have to deal with a number of people that frustrate, irritate, and would be the last people I'd invite to my birthday parties... but I just learned that it's not fair to anyone to have my attitude towards people being filtered through my own opinion of them... They might be very nice people, I just don't like them (I don't like a lot of people, so I guess practice makes perfect). I've also learned that being nice, and courteous to everyone even when though in your mind you are breaking there legs and punching their face, just because it's better you suffer for the brief interaction with them, than you voice your opinion, piss them (and others) off, and then make every interaction awkward.

One case is that I really don't one guy, but I've always been nice to him, then one day I needed something, and he must have overheard me, because he got me exactly what I needed without me asking. I never expected it, and he was happy to give it to me. Boom, he just earned 3 points in my book .

I dunno, I just always try treat people appropriately. I have friends were I'm harsh to, because that's when they produce their best work, and friends that need encouragement. And I figure, just understand why people are being stressed, understand their point of view, and then just work around that? Just always remain objective about everything. I refuse myself from passing my judgment of a person through my opinion of them, because if I did, I'd be a very mean and nasty person to everyone.

I see it as a game.

Objectives:
Make person happy when they walk away, Bonus points if you get them to apologize for their attitude.
Stare a bit behind the person's left ear whilst only glancing at there eyes once in a while, never make actual eye contact. Tends to make them want to get the conversation over with faster.

Bonus round, pretend you are a remote controlled assassination robot, you can kill them with your eyes. Shoot them in the head then the chest. If it is a lady avoid the chest area as it's heavily armored, aim for the chin, head, neck, never at the eyes as you may loose your remote link if they scramble the signal.

Sounds like a Primary school.

Most kids are deliteful as individuals. But place them in a crowd of say 30 something ... then they become little bastards. My neigbour's boy is like this. When we see each other across the fence ... we are respectful and polite ... but in class the little fukr is a gangster who should not live past puberty.