How do you relax/cheer yourself up?

[rob16d]

What are your methods to help relieve stress and to relax, as well as to cheer yourself up?

I'm about to have a LONG bath with laveder bath oil and some warm amber incense sticks while I see the snow drift down outside the window. Might get some music put on as well. Will probably end up asleep and then wake up in cold water! Never mind!

Sorry if some see this as a pointless thread, but I am genuinely wanting to know some more techniques so I can try them out myself.

Cheers.

[Ash]

i do lots to relax, if its in the evening a have a really hot bath, candles and wine

during day i take the dog out for a long way,silly i know but it relaxes me, other times i make a big mug of milky coffee and curl up on sofa or in bed with a book or a magazine........ chilling out watching dvds is good aswell

[rob16d]

Cheers Ash! The coffee idea sounds good!

Might try it in a minute, who am I kidding.....I always drink coffee! ><

Just had bath with olive oil, lavender oil and aromatherapy oil....it didn't help, and then I nearly broke my neck thanks to the slippy olive oil!

[Venture]

Cheers Ash! The coffee idea sounds good!

Might try it in a minute, who am I kidding.....I always drink coffee! ><

Just had bath with olive oil, lavender oil and aromatherapy oil....it didn't help, and then I nearly broke my neck thanks to the slippy olive oil!

First time Rob Ive ever heard of anyone having a bath with olive oil

[Loch not Lock]

Unfortunately Prozac and Diazepam as I no longer drink alcohol. Then watch live horse racing on TV - a thrill every 10 minutes.

[lazytown]

First time Rob Ive ever heard of anyone having a bath with olive oil

I don't know...sure popeye must have at some point...

[Loch not Lock]

First time Rob Ive ever heard of anyone having a bath with olive oil

Popeye did.

[Venture]

I don't know...sure popeye must have at some point...

That's a good one lazytown. You're quicker than me on a Tuesday morning.

[rob16d]

Lazytown....!

Venture if you google it you will see it softens your skin and hair....as well as making the bath slippy! Just make sure you don't put too much in or it'll just clag you in greasiness! Yack!

Try it sometime, it really makes you feel soothed! Make sre you add another oil with a strong aroma though...or you smell like a deep fat fryer afterwards!

[Venture]

Lazytown....!

Venture if you google it you will see it softens your skin and hair....as well as making the bath slippy! Just make sure you don't put too much in or it'll just clag you in greasiness! Yack!

Try it sometime, it really makes you feel soothed! Make sre you add another oil with a strong aroma though...or you smell like a deep fat fryer afterwards!

Thanks Rob I am aware that olive oil is good for your skin and hair but you're not supposed to sit in it. The idea is to use it on your hair when you wash it along with another fragranced oil and then rinse it out. The same applies to your skin a couple of drops with a moisturiser. Oil and water dont mix so I cant imagine what its like to sit in a bath with oil floating on the top. Plus its dangerous and very slippy if it gets on the floor.

[rob16d]

Thanks Rob I am aware that olive oil is good for your skin and hair but you're not supposed to sit in it. The idea is to use it on your hair when you wash it along with another fragranced oil and then rinse it out. The same applies to your skin a couple of drops with a moisturiser. Oil and water dont mix so I cant imagine what its like to sit in a bath with oil floating on the top. Plus its dangerous and very slippy if it gets on the floor.

I found quite a few sites that reccommened adding it to bath water along with scented oils and it worked a treat!

My skin is now soft and I'm delighted with the smoothness of my hair!

I did find it quite slippy though, hence why I suggested not to put too much in. I'll take your advice too though and try it outwith the bath on my skin and let you know how that goes.

Cheers.

[Boozeburglar]

Make sre you add another oil with a strong aroma though...or you smell like a deep fat fryer afterwards!

Crikey, is that what the sophisticated palate of the Caithness chippy customer demands these days?

Sandra's and Robin's are awash with the fruits of the Mediterranean olive groves? By jings!

Have you tried Crisp'n'Dry? I swear by it; having lost, literally, pounds a time putting it in my bath. Perhaps we could club together and get it cheaper wholesale.

[rob16d]

Crikey, is that what the sophisticated palate of the Caithness chippy customer demands these days?

Sandra's and Robin's are awash with the fruits of the Mediterranean olive groves? By jings!

Have you tried Crisp'n'Dry? I swear by it; having lost, literally, pounds a time putting it in my bath. Perhaps we could club together and get it cheaper wholesale.

I wish the chippy used olive oil!

Well maybe that sounds like a suitable idea...

[Venture]

Nothing to do with the thread Rob but why has your post count been stuck at 984 for so long and not increasing ?

[rob16d]

It's not stuck venture.

[Venture]

Excuse my stupidity I didn't realise that the number changes on every post you have each time you post. If that makes sense.

[rob16d]

Venture the post count increases with each post...no worries for going off thread! ><

[Venture]

Yes I know that but I didnt realise that the running total changes on every post in every thread you go on each time you post. I dont even know if that makes sense to me now never mind anyone else Just forget I asked the question. lol

[rob16d]

No worries venture. I understand what you mean!

You mean does an old post display the current post count or the post count at the time of posting?

It displays the current post count.

So ALL posts you have done will currently have posts: 517.

[quality]

Only 10 posts to go Rob to reach the magical 1000 mark.