as childish as it may sound coming from someone 49 years old, I color. Grab the coloring pencils and a coloring book or print out some b/w line art, throw on some music (no-vocal stuff seems to work best for me, synthwave and it's various cousins are good) and just turn off my brain and color like I'm 8 again.
Finding something that helps take you out of reality seems to be the key. You want to utilize *just* enough of your brain to keep you from stressing, but not so much of your brain that you tire it out in a different way.
It may take a while to find what works best for a person, but I think that most people can find a way to de-stress if they just keep at the search.
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