Need a Therapy Session???

Popi,

Ever play Pro foot-ball?

Trains are a great stress reliever.

When, I was younger and worked a thankless, stressful job, I would come home and go right to the trains, soon after greeting my wife and later the kids, when they came into out our family.

Running the trains, tinkering, repair, whatever, the trains worked great!

Take care,

Ralph

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Trains are a great stress reliever.

Agreed. There was a period of time when my job became stressful.

Tinkering with trains provided a great deal of relief.

Yep, an evening with trains and then watching "Downton Abbey" before bed.

and when the kids get into the train room unannounced???

Yes trains are great... living the dream...

Problem is Mom's really don't get a break!

Exactly one of the main reasons I Like this hobby so much.

My Day Job I'm in IT and the line of work i do is stressful with needy folks all day long, not to mention I have a 2.5 year old at home which is a full time job in-itself!

So when ever I need to decompress, I go down to my train room, turn on the TV for background noise and I pick a project to work on for a few hours. This is of course after my boy is asleep in his bed.

I can't actually run anything yet because I'm still building my layout. So the last few weeks I haven't done anything because I've run out of stuff to do/ don't have the materials to start...

Man.. I really need to get some trains running!

Yep...big time stress relief even if I'm building a small detail item. 

--Greg

Ys, they help me de-compress at the end of a bad day - or a good one!  (Not that are many of those are work, anymore).

Even watching the trains run can relieve my stress. The smell of the transformers and the frying bacon scented smoke fluid as well as the "occasional" blast of the air whistle helps to. Sorta like aroma and sound therapy as well.