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Dealing with Stress and Stress-Relief Tips
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on November 28, 2018, 10:05:54 pm ---I think it's true, there are people who are sort of "stress junkies." Jeremy Renner's character in that movie about the bomb defusers is a good example. His deployment ended but when he got home he couldn't handle walking around a peaceful grocery store, so he went back.
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Yes, "The Hurt Locker". That was a very powerful movie! Another movie that addressed that was "Plenty". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plenty_(film)
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on November 28, 2018, 10:05:54 pm ---
I think it's true, there are people who are sort of "stress junkies." Jeremy Renner's character in that movie about the bomb defusers is a good example. His deployment ended but when he got home he couldn't handle walking around a peaceful grocery store, so he went back.
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As I recall from the movie, what really got to him was when his wife asked him to select a box of cereal, he was overwhelmed by all the choices and the superficiality of the consumer society that he had sacrificed so much for. Anyway, that's how I interpreted the shot where the camera zoomed out to show a long supermarket aisle crammed with boxes of processed foods.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on November 29, 2018, 11:56:49 am ---As I recall from the movie, what really got to him was when his wife asked him to select a box of cereal, he was overwhelmed by all the choices and the superficiality of the consumer society that he had sacrificed so much for. Anyway, that's how I interpreted the shot where the camera zoomed out to show a long supermarket aisle crammed with boxes of processed foods.
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I didn't pick up on his thinking about having sacrificed for it, but I agree that the shot contrasted the superficiality of a million cereal choices vs. life-and-death situations. I think a lot of journalists as well as soldiers feel a letdown after leaving a combat zone and returning to the mundane trivialities of this culture. Personally, I'd feel a huge relief and in fact wouldn't go there in the first place if I could help it. But some people like the higher stakes and adrenaline rushes.
Front-Ranger:
Sometimes it's the little things that help us deal with stress, right?
serious crayons:
Agreed with everything except the corner brownie. And only sometimes with the canceled plans.
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