Yeah, it will probably take a while for everything to sort itself back but you'll get there eventually. Hopefully if you get out of the limbo then the rest of your stressors might ease up as well.

Those are some great suggestions :) Treats and change, in moderation, can certainly be yet more factors to help a upward swing.

*Shrugs* I enjoy it and hope everyone here gets some great sex of their own. If people have hang ups on perfectly healthy adult activities that's on them.

Doesn't sound like you saving money with that description haha.

But yeah if you are always going on simple dates, then go on a luxurious date once. Something both of you can enjoy.

If you often get new clothes, get something new or odd like a sweater or something.

If she drives could hook her up :P.

More exercise is good even if its.... exercise.

Again to break monotony, maybe go on a day off+ weekend go on a daytrip somewhere random and explore.

It usually depends why I'm stressed, if its something specific that I have some control over then I'll normally try to get it sorted. For more general stress normally what works best for me is a combination of

1. Doing something I really like, usually something nostalgic like watching an old series I've always liked or replaying an old single player game I really enjoy. But really it could be just reading or watching a ton of documentaries about something that interests me.

and

2. Shut off most of the outside world, no multiplayer games, don't bother with any social media, no forums, no youtube, don't check the news, no social events

and if possible

3. Some basic exercise like a walk or run, this is something I'm bad at sticking with, but at times it has really helped me. I'd recommend not doing this at 1 or 2 AM though like I used to.

Also a good 7-8 hours sleep if possible, my doctor has told me a minimum of 6 but of course getting sleep can be difficult for all sorts of reasons, stress itself being one of them.

When I get a week off work, I'll usually spend 4-5 days just relaxing in solitude and I love it. I try to avoid doing things that will just add to my stress and problems such as excessive drinking or eating since I have done both those and more in the past and they only gave me a brief moment to forget, but added a whole new set of longer lasting problems.

Me and you, we have chemistry. Cheesecake cures all sadness and stress. Don't know too much about the punching the wall stuff but yeah!

I also puched into a plasterboard wall, unfortunately it was also at work in front of my boss. I then decided that was the time to throw a roll of shrink wrap that I was holding at said wall, embedding it as I made the decision that I was now walking out of my job and needed to lose the roll before I inadvertently stole it.

This sort of temporarily satisified me but was not a good decision overall, but its long in the past now. I wonder how common wall punching really is.

Cheesecake is good though.

I didn't mean it that way

Cycling is my best stress relief, in winter jogging will do. I can leave the house stressing over whatever is going through my mind and come back completely zen. Being physically tired helps with sleeping at night too. Mental tiredness only seems to keep me up longer.

Siesta while listening to nature documentaries.