Do you think the Internet causes - stress??

mckayleesmom wrote: I totally do. I notice that when I take a break from the computer and after my initial withdrawl I am not as stressed out. I think its because when people I know online are worried about something or a debate or something is going on that is causing drama....I end up putting it into my real life...Does that make sense?

CantWait replied: Totally makes sense. I feel the same way also, but I don't end up thinking about it all day. I'm usually troubled from it for a minute, get off, shake it off, and I'm good, and ready to come back.

mckayleesmom replied:
I don't usually worry about most stuff for long, but some things I do ....For examples...Spencer being sick, Little Xavier being born early. Those things stay with me until they are ok. Those I can't just NOT stress about.

redchief replied: I only get stressed out if some stupid idiot gets my level 50 fire blaster killed by aggro'ing too many villain groups in City of Heroes.

mckayleesmom replied:
Uh....ok Ed....simmer down, simmer down.....You will just have to start over....

punkeemunkee'smom replied: I am with you on the issues like Spencer and Zaiver I worry about them like I would be if i knew them IRL. The debates don't cause me to loose much...unless I feel like I have hurt someone

mom2my2cuties replied: I have noticed this a lot with myself.

I just have to shake it all off and then come back. Usually when I get stressed over stupidity online I start doing deep cleaning.

And lets just say - Today - My living room is SPOTLESS! And we are talking White Glove Cleaned


ETA - I do loose sleep over Spencer and Zavier - but not much else. I say special prayers for them just before falling asleep after I have said my other prayers. Which is how I deal with those feelings.

CantWait replied:
OK ED,

BREATHE!!!!!

Hillbilly Housewife replied: I don't lose sleep over anything really...except things that are close to my heart...like a surgery, death, disease... I lose nothing by adding the family in my prayers.

Stupid stuff, nope.. don't care.

redchief replied: I'm almost okay, now... That happened almost a month ago.

Seriously, I don't let anything really get me steamed for long, especially on the internet. My prayer list has increased some, but that's quiet time and not stressful for me anyway.

gr33n3y3z replied: yes depends where I go

C&K*s Mommie replied: Again I agree with Ed. (I agreed with him in Holley's post) Things here do not stress me out, unless I feel like I hurt anothers feelings, or I worded something wrong and it could be/was taken the incorrect way. Otherwise, I do not stress over things on the internet.

What is here on the net, is here on the net. I pray & think about others often though, but I do not let it get me down. But that is my personality anyhow, try to see the sun through the clouds.

My2Beauties replied: TBH Bri, I am one of the most non-stressed people you will ever meet. I let NOTHING and I mean NOTHING stress me out. Now I worry about some things, Spencer and if something is going on in my personal life, I worry about my family and wanting them to get home safe etc. I very rarely get stressed out, my car payment could be due and I might have $0 in the bank and I still do not let it stress me out - I honestly don't know why I'm like that or how I do it, but I just am. I'm so laid back sometimes it's probably not a good thing. I think this is why my BP is so low

Nina J replied: Not stressed, but concerned for other people if they are going through a difficult time. However, if I'm having a bad time generally, little things someone says here can make my mood get worse..but that's just because I'm already stressed out

Crystalina replied: I don't let much stress me out at all. I'd be lying if I said I didn't walk away from the computer and forget it all. I think on the days DH is on a long haul are the days I think about what happens online more and that's only becuase I don't have anything but the kids to take my mind off of it. The only things I take personally is the illness or when someone is having a rough time, especially some of the younger moms I talk to who are financially strapped. It takes me back to when DH and I first married. Any controversial posting either on here or somewhere else doesn't stress me. I'm confident that alot of the more heated posts are done (hopefully) in the heat of the moment and just like with anything that is done "in the heat of the moment" when you step back and detach yourself a bit it's not a big deal afterall. Someone's opinion of my posting or me personally is not as important as the illness of a child or well being of a young mother who is at her wits end for whatever reason.