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[Homicidalheathen]

Personally, I am DEmotivated. If too many things go wrong, you can bet I will turn to chocolate and gain 5-10lbs.

This lady I know is just the opposite. At first, I envied her. She has shit happen...and LOOSES WEIGHT! However, she does show latent signs of anorexia...when stressed she says she doesn't get hungry. I wonder if she is being honest, even with herself...or maybe her body is just different and shuts down where mine craves carbs in these situations?

Also, it seems...keeping turmoil in her life as fuel...is something she does. Seeking out certain situations...(asshole b/f for example)

When she is happy she says...she is content then...she eats and puts on the lbs.

I am just the opposite...if I don't have roadblocks diets and all other goals come easy to me.

[pomba gira]

I'm like you. I know people who seem to be energized by stressful situations... just makes me overwhelmingly tired, physically and emotionally... sometimes it literally feels like there are iron chains draped all over me. When there are too many things coming at me at once it's a major effort to sort through and deal with them.

[Sparrow]

I get all shaky and feel all empty, but I get so jazzed up!

[taysteewonderbunny]

I'm an half pound of one and eight ounces of the other. That is, at first I'm depressed and demotivated and gravitate toward the chocolate double-fudge goo ice cream, microwave popcorn, and the wine; later, I'm up all night on too much coffee, chainsmoking and planning how to kick the ass of the beast that bit me.

[hunhee]

I guess it would more likely be the cause of the stress (why I'm stressed out).. I'm usually more motivated to do things that will keep my mind occupied, but DEmotivated to do anything that's allows my mind to wander into the deep dark crevices of my mind. Trust me, it's a very very VERY scary place.. *sighs*

[Simon Bar Sinister]

Neither. Stress just kinda rolls off of me.

[Ice Queen (1)]

It depends for me. Sometimes stress makes me physically ill, and even the thought of eating is yuck. But that is at the extreme and usually has to do with worry over my children. Most of my stress is hectic stress, which means I am busy, and I have so much on my mind, it is not uncommon for me to get to evening and realize I haven't eaten. Woops! But, if I am stressed, I have a grim outlook, and I am home, I snack all day on cookies, chocolate, whatever. Luckily, this isn't all too often, and the other stress evens it out and I pretty much maintain my weight fairly steadily. *says this right after I ate another cookie. What? I am bored. I eat when I am bored. Thank goodness I keep so busy most of the time.

Overall, I see a need for some stress in my life. Without it, I get lazy and bored. I get much more accomplished in a short period of time with a lot of demands then I do in a longer period of time with fewer. But I am speaking of the scheduling/busy/too many balls in the air stress. As soon as I have got the juggling routine running rather smoothly, I like to add another ball. All other sources of stress, I'll gladly do without.

[StormKnight (1)]

I worked crisis resource management training. I live on it:

I think this would be a conversation I would have with someone regarding it.

"The war's over, we won. We should get a few days off before the next big crisis. It never seems to work out that way."

"No. And you wouldn't have it any other way."

"I beg your pardon?"

"You are a problem solver. You are one of these people who'll pick up a rope that's got all tangled up and spend entire day untangling it. Because it's a challenge, because it defies your sense of order in the universe, and because you can. Sometimes I try to picture you sitting on a beach with absolutely nothing to do."

"And?"

"And, the picture always ends with your head imploding."

[Morbid Side]

Totally DE-motivated by anyone or anything that holds me back. It is far beyond my expectations to succeed when I am feeling down in the dumps. And my stress level is like what Ronald Regan once said. "Tear down this wall." Which I cannot mentally do when I am feeling that way. The only solace I have is inner peace with thyself and outweight the negatives with positives by focusing on what can be done and what will not be outdone.

[TygerLili]

A reasonable amount of stress from work or school motivates me to get a lot more done. That kind of stress I like.

Stress in personal life and relationships makes me kind of bipolar. Either I throw myself into work and party and binge drink in my free time, or I just want to hole up, be completely anti-social and eat everything in the house.

[candyman]

It all depends on what the stress is generated from. If it is a normal outcome of being a part of something then it tends to help me out. However, if the stess comes from an outside source or is generated by someone for a stupid reason then I tend to get very angry. I never shut down, its either harder work or more hitting and yelling.

[jynxxxedangel]

I guess it would more likely be the cause of the stress (why I'm stressed out).. I'm usually more motivated to do things that will keep my mind occupied, but DEmotivated to do anything that's allows my mind to wander into the deep dark crevices of my mind. Trust me, it's a very very VERY scary place.. *sighs*

SNAP!!

Get outta my head, Hunhee!!