Susan's Place Logo

News:

Please be sure to review The Site terms of service, and rules to live by

Main Menu

Guys I'm extra furious

Started by Aegir, November 28, 2010, 08:46:07 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Aegir

Because of some other things going on in my life (army related almost every one) the tiniest things send me into an embarrassing fit of rage for no discernible reason. None of my usual outlets, stuff like making a thing or doing art stuff, are working because I'm literally too mad to focus.

What can I do to vent this kind of fury that's simple and won't make me feel stupid?
  •  

shiinee

I have a journal reserved for when I'm raging, where I pretty much let myself do anything: draw gory stick figure deaths, curse out parents/friends, scribble, write huge block letters like a little kid, stab the pages with my pen, whatever.  It does make me feel a bit stupid TBH, but it's mostly non-destructive and helps me let off some steam. 
  •  

Miniar

Venting anger has being documented to shorten a person's proverbial fuse.
This does not mean that bottlin' it up is a viable option either.

My personal choice of action tends to be to allow myself to "feel" the emotion and then calmly examining the emotion, trying to figure out exactly "why" (this usually means going "Okay.. why?" at myself a dozen times, chasing the layers) I'm angry and what at. Then I take the time to work out whether the anger is really warranted or helping, and/or how to fix the problem, what part "I" have in the problem's existence, etcetera.
At the end of all that, I've usually diffused the anger.
I've "let go"

Does me good.



"Everyone who has ever built anywhere a new heaven first found the power thereto in his own hell" - Nietzsche
  •  

DRAIN

i second what miniar said :D i do the same thing. but usually AFTER punching a pillow or screaming >_>
-=geboren um zu leben=-



  •  

Epigania

I hope you don't mind me adding my advise in here.

Most men run into this type of thing at various points in their lives and everyone handles it different.   You'll find a lot of men tend to do things like play video games, or go to the Gym, or play contact sports.  That's because it gives them an outlet to blow off some of their steam.

Perhaps taking up something like boxing or Karate would help? :)  When I was a teenager, I took Judo and it helped me a ton.

That's what I find, anyway. 

Miniar

"In a more recent experiment by Bushman (2002), participants were induced into feeling anger, and were split into one of three groups: one group allowed participants to vent their anger by punching a punching bag as many times as they liked while thinking about the person who had angered them; another group was allowed to punch the punching bag, but instead participants were told to think about doing so for the purposes of becoming fit; and the third group was a control group in which participants were not allowed to punch the punching bag. Following this, measurements of participants' anger and aggression levels were conducted.

The results showed that participants who took their anger out on the punching bag while thinking about the person who angered them, were the most aggressive and angry. Venting their anger did not lead to a positive mood. People who punched the punching bag to distract themselves, for the purposes of being fit, were less angry than the venting group, but were not less aggressive. It seems that even if a person is thinking about something else, just the aggressive physical act of punching something leads the person to be more aggressive as a result. The most promising results could be seen in the participants who did nothing at all, rather than venting. This group demonstrated the lowest aggression and anger levels of all three groups.

It seems that if you ever become really angry, the worst possible thing you could do would be to vent your anger. As Bushman (2002) says, this would be similar to "using gasoline to put out a fire." Venting your anger will only lead you to become more angry and more aggressive. Instead, the best possible advice would probably be to just continue with your life as normal; maybe engage in a favourite hobby or talk with friends, and take your mind off the anger. Do not follow what the movies tell you to do, and vent. It will only make you worse off."
(Quoted from; http://afmag.net/venting-your-anger-dont-you-are-only-making-it-worse.html , though reading the actual research findings may be good too.)




"Everyone who has ever built anywhere a new heaven first found the power thereto in his own hell" - Nietzsche
  •  

Robert Scott

Since I have come out to myself and a lot of people ... I personally have had a lot of anger ... mainly I think b/c the transition - hormones & surgery -- can't happen fast enough.  I just want to be a man and everyone seeing me as such.

I started working out and boy did that help.  I make myself go to the gym nearly every day -- some days are hard especially when I am cramping from the bleed --- but I put on some loud music and spend about an hour or so there ... lifting weights & cardio machines.  It has helped a lot with my anger.
  •  

Alexmakenoise

Exercise and creative outlets.  You need a way to release all that energy and get your mind onto something else.  Go for a run or a long walk.  Pick up a pen and paper and write or draw until you feel better.  Just write down whatever you're thinking.  Once it's on paper, it'll start to seem less overwhelming and then you'll be able to move on to other things.  And listen to music.
  •