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Healthy ways to deal with anger - could use some tips
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<blockquote data-quote="nerfherder" data-source="post: 586754" data-attributes="member: 15907"><p>I'm sorry, I can't really help you.</p><p></p><p>I can empathize, though. Helpless rage is what got me binge-drinking a few years back, and I still have those emotions to process - but by now I get that the vodka doesn't help at all.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes I have to go out and just let the anger flow through me. Not interrupt the feeling but let it happen. Burying it or denying it is not "letting go," for me it leads to holding on even tighter.</p><p></p><p>Might be, there's someone you know who's with the police, or armed forces, who has experienced something deeply angering (yes, I know people like this too) and talk to them, see how they are managing, what sort of therapy - if any - either self- or therapist-driven has worked for them. If there's a hotline in your area for crime victims, they might have names and numbers of volunteers you can contact for figuring out a path to manage your rage.</p><p></p><p>In a martial arts context, I found not simply hitting, but getting slammed into breakfalls, getting thrown into rolling falls, this worked much better for me than just hitting. There is something deeply soothing to muscles tight with stress or anger getting the pressure and padded impact of controlled falls.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nerfherder, post: 586754, member: 15907"] I'm sorry, I can't really help you. I can empathize, though. Helpless rage is what got me binge-drinking a few years back, and I still have those emotions to process - but by now I get that the vodka doesn't help at all. Sometimes I have to go out and just let the anger flow through me. Not interrupt the feeling but let it happen. Burying it or denying it is not "letting go," for me it leads to holding on even tighter. Might be, there's someone you know who's with the police, or armed forces, who has experienced something deeply angering (yes, I know people like this too) and talk to them, see how they are managing, what sort of therapy - if any - either self- or therapist-driven has worked for them. If there's a hotline in your area for crime victims, they might have names and numbers of volunteers you can contact for figuring out a path to manage your rage. In a martial arts context, I found not simply hitting, but getting slammed into breakfalls, getting thrown into rolling falls, this worked much better for me than just hitting. There is something deeply soothing to muscles tight with stress or anger getting the pressure and padded impact of controlled falls. [/QUOTE]
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