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Chila Bettis: "I just have to take
deep breaths and I just think of something I like, and
soon I'm not stressed."
Darryl Bettis: "I watch TV or listen
to music, and do what my wife tells me to do.
Mary Bettis [holding Cameron]:
"I try to be really organized and plan and give myself
a day off with the children. I try to take the children
to occasions like soccer practice and I use the time
to relax myself.
Mario Bettis: "I just listen to
music." Frankie Bettis: "When I have stress I try not
to focus on stress; I do other things."
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Katja Toporski [with Alisha]: "Sports.
Running. I forget about it and read a nice book. Generally
I do something else that makes me feel happy, like go
to the movies."
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Elias Vlanton: "I close the door
to my study and play on the internet. I obsessively
check the news. Somehow being alone with an intellectual
question is helpful. Satisfying intellectual curiousity
is really calming. It gives me an excuse to be by myself."
Brianna Vlanton: "I talk to people.
I talk to my parents and my therapist. And when I talk
to her she helps me calm down and see what I can do
about what happened. "
Espa Escudero Loaiza Bond: "Ice
cream. Ice cream really calms me down. So does chocolate."
Renee Vlanton: "I like talking
to my therapist or watching Animal Planet. Different
animals look cool and are fun to see. I like monkeys.
Some kinds are funny and cuddly."
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Bill Dietrich: "In wintertime
I ski. Other times I think about snow."
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Lisa Mackie: "I think if something's
really stressful I take a shower or, even better, a
hot bath and I read a book. I read a lot of novels."
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Our friend Carlos Jaimes also had
a good answer: "When I'm stressed it usually means I'm
stressed about something I have to do that I didn't
do yet, so I do it."
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