anger management

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right now i'm pissed because my trip to washington DC was cancelled. i am totally pissed, but i do know that this was a life or death thing. anyway, how do you guys get your anger out? i don't wanna end up beating up kids in school because of this. In fact, when we were told we weren't going, i almost punched my teacher, almost.

PS- i'm talking about MACHO pissed, like "i'm gonna blow up the world" pissed, not "oh, dammit" pissed. :mad: :mad: :mad:
 
Do what I do when I'm pissed. I put aside about 2 hours, treat myself to some food + drink that I like, and just chill out in my room listening to some mellow tunes.

I found that taking a nice long run (an hour or two) takes a lot off your mind too.
 
Well then do some sort of exercise that you enjoy...taking a nice long walk in the woods, or not in the woods if you have none around your house. Bike rides are good too.
 
That's real mature :rolleyes:

Chill out... It's just a field trip. If your getting this angry over a field trip you really need to reconsider your priorities. Wait till you get to high school, you barely get any if your lucky.
 
Well im not too good at managing my anger, because usually I tend to keep it all in and then start unleashing my anger later for no apparent reason (well to other people its not apparent). Also recently ive been getting a short fuse. Once I was so close to beating Keeno_UK to a pulp, but I wasnt actually angry at him I was angry at something else. But I didnt and I ended up putting my fist through a double glazed window. I even had a nasty fight with my brother leading from simmilar circumstances. Although recently I just do weights and listen to music loud and after I feel much better.

Im trying to tame this because I can tell this might get me into some serious trouble at work, although so far im pretty professional with idiots and arseholes.
 
But seriously, what were you going to be doing in Washington D.C.?

Going with you're class doesn't sound like that much fun, unless you get a lot of free time. I was there and had a great time, but I wasn't with a bunch of teachers. I don't think I had as much fun and learned so much at the same time.

How do they keep the Metro so clean there? that was the first thing I noticed; the public transportation here is a ****ing disgrace and when I was in D.C., the metro was immaculate.
 
Originally posted by SublimeDood10
Do what I do when I'm pissed. I put aside about 2 hours, treat myself to some food + drink that I like, and just chill out in my room listening to some mellow tunes.

I found that taking a nice long run (an hour or two) takes a lot off your mind too.
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Exercise is a fantastic method of dealing with stress.

Running really helped me cope in the weeks leading up to my mother dying of lung cancer back in Feb - you can mull over things if you want, or just mentally blank out. The bike's okay for that, too, providing you're not riding in traffic.

On a note unrelated to the topic of anger management, I read somewhere that exercise is actually more effective than Prozac at treating depression. Apparently the endorphins released by exercise are much better at penetrating the blood barrier to the brain that the synthetic endorphins in Prozac.
 
for stress releif i usually grab a few beers and go fishing or i take the dogs for a walk.

talking with a friend or your partner in life helps too.
 
In auto shop, if i can hold my Team Leader position past this test we had yesterday, we team leaders and a couple others get to go to the NHRA qualifications :)
 
I have a different strategy that might not (in fact, I'm pretty sure won't) work for you, but it doesn't hurt to tell you, I guess. ;)

Anyway, I try not to let things that don't endanger my or someone else's life bug me. Of course, that doesn't mean I'm a little, happy gullible idiot, and I do certainly display a lot of awareness and do have short little moods, but ever since reading that stress is one of the leading causes of premature ageing/death, I've made it a point not to let stress intrude in my life. So, for example, in this case, if I were neglected from a field trip that I really wanted to go on, I would say "oh well", and if I really wanted to, make a mental note to visit D.C. someday with a few buddies. :)

This trait of mine allows me to go on in life without having to resort to any of the above options for stress relief... of course, some would thus accuse me of "withholding my anger" and "making things worse by doing so", but how could that be true if I don't have any anger in the first place? :D

This is, of course, a long term fix for anger managment, not a "I-need-to-cool-down-within-the-next-24-hours" fix. ;)
 
I like to stew over things, talk it over with myself.... that sort of thing. Then set it in it's position on my priority list.

Rarely are things quite as serious as they appear to be when they first hit you.

But throwing a little tantrum doesn't hurt.
 
I remember high school.

I got super pissed once. (to the point of what you were probably at......kill somebody-pissed).

I took everything...I mean EVERYTHING out on the weights in the gym and on the football and baseball feild.

Every football game I'd step onto the feild with evil intentions. I'd blitz the QB, hit him crown-2-facemask, I'd hit the recievers crown-2-facemask and I wanted to kill them.......seriously KILL them. I wanted to hit them so hard that their I broke their skull......Godddddd I loved it. Feeling that hit was the same as feeling the pump in the gym.....seeing everybody around you dead silent with "I could never do that" looks on their faces.
 
Originally posted by vat_man
On a note unrelated to the topic of anger management, I read somewhere that exercise is actually more effective than Prozac at treating depression. Apparently the endorphins released by exercise are much better at penetrating the blood barrier to the brain that the synthetic endorphins in Prozac.
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This is because (I'm pretty certain about this) the endorphins are produced BY the brain, and hence don't need to penetrate the blood-brain barrier, unlike anything which is inhaled/ingested.

I always find it helps to operate under the assumption that you don't have things until they are actually in your hand. I know this is a cynical and pessimistic way to behave, but it's a valid strategy to avoid disappointment...
 
i've been able to calm down alot since yesterday. it still bums me out knowing that i'm not going. i do plan on going there sometime, probably with some of my friends. right now i'm too tired to be mad.
 
Originally posted by Klostrophobic
Sometimes I flip out and kill people. I once killed an entire town because someone dropped a spoon in a diner.
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You have the REAL ULTIMATE POWER too, eh?
This one time, I totally uppercutted some kid, just because the kid opened a window.
 
you totally uppercutted a kid...are you sure you didnt fully uppercut the same kid?

by the way, i was just taking the piss.
 

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