Hello, I'm just stopping in here for the first time.
Don't you hate it when someone jumps in and offers advice for something you wrote 4 months ago and have gotten over already?
We'll, I'm going to do that anyways, assuming it still may be relevant.
You started out wondering how to relax. Also, you said you can learn sometimes for 15 hours straight.
I noticed about myself, I was undermining my own sense of calm and peace-of-mind. I needed to relax, to escape to acting out. BUT, IT WAS I WHO WAS DRIVING MYSELF CRAZY IN THE FIRST PLACE! I was setting really high goals, pushing myself too much, being too critical of myself, always frantic, always running, always catching up!
So, I started to ease up on myself. To be more realistic. To still try to acheive, but to allow for shortcomings and unexpected circumstances.
When I stopped pressuring MYSELF so much, the urge to act out got MUCH weaker, and occurs MUCH less frequently.
--Eye.