How do you deal with anger?

[ShavedBare87]

Well, whatever you do, don't suppress your anger. Depression is anger turned inward.

Usually what I do to blow off some steam is drive on the highway at an incredibly high rate of speed. I don't know what it is but it always seems to even me out. I guess it's the level of concentration needed that just takes my mind off of whatever is bothering me. And of course, I strongly discourage anyone from driving dangerously. And always wear your seatbelt.

And don't sweat the small stuff man. People may irritate the shit out of you but you just have to rise above them and not sink to their level. Try to take things with a grain of salt and at the end of the day, say to yourself that you're better than their petty BS and ultimately that makes you far more superior.

 

[Centipede]

i hurt myself badly.

 

[Bazzzingaa]

I like t ROAR!!! This is the best way for me personally.

 

[Ram]

I beat the shit out of old disabled ladies.

 

[Kester]

I do some kick-boxing stuff doesn't always work, sometime it just makes me feel like kicking people which is the wrong way to go, but what can you do...

 

[freefall]

My way of dealing with anger explains my open sarcastic jokes and tilted ideas.
After that phase, I start playing my usual dissonant music and watching depressive movies.
After that...
...I don't want to discuss about it. You can ask some people who had become the target of my emotional explosions.

 

[Taz]

If I'm angry with someone I'll talk to them, but that is rare as I'm very easy going. I'm more often angry at myself. And when that happens I exercise.

 

[Anders123]

Oftentimes, it's the trivial things that I find myself angered by, and in such circumstances I simply take a moment to apply perspective to offset the adrenaline surge of anger. It often amuses me how something can infuriate me one minute, then after I take the time to objectively intellectualise it, will make me laugh.

In arguments, I wait before I speak. I've trained myself not to lash back impulsively so as to avoid impetuously saying something I will no doubt later regret.

I've also found it very therapeutic to confront and express my anger (in a productive way). Anger tends to feed on itself, the effects are cumulative; each angry episode builds upon the hormonal momentum of their antecedents. Brooding on the past is insalubrious, and I've found it important to break the cycle of hostility when it's in an underdeveloped state rather than to allow it to manifest and give rise to inordinate amounts of anger in future situations that do not call for it.

It's something I've really had to work on, as growing up, my father was prone to regularised outbursts of anger. I guess the motivation to be the diametric opposite of him has overcome my previous habitual mechanisms.

 

[yeahright1991]

I take an ativan and wait until the person who has made me upset makes a misstep - and then vengefully capitalize on it...even if it takes years. (But bear in mind...it takes a lot to make me THAT upset).

 

[mbamike]

I scream at first, depending on the level of anger. Then I walk away to calm down.

 

[vulgar_newcomer]

Its called a bottle of Jack Black and some old Slayer mixed with 500 watts per channel.

 

[HunterM]

By jerking off to calm down

 

[MoltenRock III]

I jizz on their face.

 

[borg69unimatrix]

These work for me.

 

[tommy_2_0_0_0]

I usually internalize things which is so not healthy. I had a total shitty day today. I've been home for almost three hours and I'm still so tense I know I'll never get to sleep tonight. It sucks.

 

[curiousunistudent]

Never had much of a problem with this. I count backwards from 5, if I'm still angry, flick my own wrist with an elastic band wrapped around it. If not, I throw something at a wall. Perfectly healthy!