Things you do to release anger?

[Guest]

I get lost in music and I always have. Whenever I feel pain, depression or anger I go to music as my refuge/safe haven.

Edited November 1, 2017 by Gone Airbourne

[Luminance 2,181]

When I get angry, I seek a quiet place to calm down and I usually end up crying afterwards because of how much it can negativity effect others and myself. I hate being angry sometimes and I try to relieve my anger through thinking about the good things or the lighter side of my problem. 

[Feather Spiral 1,892]

First up, I grab the keys to the cage locks. Then I visit the-

...Oh, you mean the emotion.

Well it depends whether it's a sudden thing making me rage, or anger slowly building up. The former, I don't always have a way to exteriorize it safely; I can hit or slam things.

The latter, I can grab my wrists and keep a good grip for a while, for example. Or cuddle my plush donkey, Samson. There's another third way but it's a bit PG-18... /)-3-(\

[BastementSparkle 20,310]

Hit myself, often in the leg, until I leave bruises. Punch myself in the head sometimes too, throw things around, slam doors, punch and kick walls, scream until my throat's raw and hurts. Curse myself out, insult myself, call myself derogatory names. Or, I vent to my friends, a lot. Which tends to either annoy or really worry them after I do it a lot, probably lost a few friends for doing that, so that sucks.

 Yeah, not healthy, I guess. But nothing else works and I don't like myself at all.

[Messy Mane 9,006]

I stop thinking, take a deep breath, try to relax,and close my eyes.It normally calms me down during such stressful and angry situations.If I have my stress ball with me it could be useful as well.  

[TBD 17,228]

If I'm angry about a thing, I usually bottle it up and *poof* it's gone within a second.  As for people I would tell  them to their face in a casual way,. Which, meh depends. 

Edited November 1, 2017 by TBD

[PlzDelete 2,455]

I usually don't get mad just irritated. What I do when I DO get mad is draw, listen to music, or take a walk. Basically I find a distraction that I enjoy. When feel like I cant calm down, I do my best to confront the problem head-on. 

[Will Guide 21,325]

First of all, when I get legitimately angry, you'll know. Some of the posts I made over a month or 2 ago are examples of that.

Most of the time, I'm more sad than mad. Yeah, my face is more wet from tears than red from rage.

As for releasing anger, it depends. Recently, I'd just storm out of the room and stay away from whoever made me angry. Thanks goodness some forums have an "Ignore Users" option.

[RavenholmZombie 1,329]

One of the things i like to do is go outside, take a deep breath, and unleash a deep and primal scream that bellows from every centimeter of my lungs. That usually helps.

[Telferi 6,905]

I mostly listen to music and play games. That always helps =w=

[Midnight Blaze 98 1,138]

I find that hitting a pillow or going for a long walk helps!

[Olly 1,008]

usually playing games or music helps me release it

[SoberStarlight 906]

I go into my garage, close the door, turn on some chill music, and just lift some weights. Nothing like a good workout to relieve the stress from school/work. 

[Bricks_Ahoy 860]

I don't get mad easily. I bottle up my anger. And then go to my local  taekwondo academy and beat the daylight out of everyone. I need to rewatch "All Bottled Up" 

[Lucky Bolt 34,914]

If I'm really angry, (which is a bit rare for me) I usually end up punching a pillow or yelling into one, alone where no one can see me. Sometimes I end up snapping at others who try talking to me when I'm really angry, and I just hate that I do that. I'm working on it though. But anyway I don't get anger issues thank Celestia 

Edited December 5, 2017 by Lucky Bolt

[Le Trotteur Sauvage 13,049]

Sports

And especially very exhausting sports, to this day I have to thank sport for my mental stability it helps me staying calm and I"ve learned many other thing like respect, fairplay, I learned to trust in myself, not to fear. If you want to release anger, do some boxing. Or any other fighting sport.

[Venomous 18,813]

When I am feeling angry or just generally frustrated, it usually makes me feel better to express my feelings to someone else even if they are not involved in the situation.

[Kings&Hooves14 616]

I'm livid a good portion of the time; I've gotten pretty good at hiding it. 

My dad was abusive when he got angry. I promised myself I would never be like him. I try to take it out on myself when I can't keep my anger inside any longer--I punch myself, bite myself, etc. It's not healthy, I know, but it's better than the alternative.

Edited November 6, 2017 by Kings&Hooves14

[Catpone Cerberus 23,420]

Listening music, or the same way as releasing stress, biting. I bite pens, my clothes, myself, bubble gum.... anything I can bite at the moment of need. 

[Twisted Cyclone 🚓 6,221]

Whenever I'm stressed or angry, I like to jam out to some music. 

[Hachiroku 127]

I just listen to music or play video games. But sometimes the game makes me angry.

[Jeric 46,834]

You use a hammer to hammer, a crowbar to pry, and and flamethrower for pest control. Basically, different tools for different objectives. 

Anger has many different flavors. Sometimes comedy is the solution, sometimes I need to write. I write often to wrangle, focus, or express many ideas. I am generally not an angry individual, though this last year has probably seen every limit I have ever had fully tested, and in a few cases these limits have been shattered. Rage and anger is not an emotion that I can allow to sit unchecked ... because it is rarely an idle one. 

Lately I've found something that helps tremendously to purge rage. Something I once thought was not for me, and I've tried more than a few times in the past. 

 

 

That, is my magic bullet. I still write to focus myself and address some things, but meditation ... it just works for me when things get too ... Hulk. 

[碇 シンジン 27,427]

I usually tend to avoid situations that tend to cause emotional turmoil in me these days but if I'm somehow angry I just try to focus on something else and if it doesn't work then just sleep 

[Narcissus 352]

If I'm able to get out I run as fast as I can until I'm completely exhausted. If I'm at home In scream into a pillow or just turn inward and go pitch black inside until it dissipates.

[StrawCherry 1,673]

The closest thing I’ve gotten to being angry is annoyed, and when I am so I just go upstairs to my room (when I’m home) — isolating myself from the ones that do make me annoyed, and just… do my thing. I change back to “normal” pretty easy.  But I have never been angry, so I wouldn’t know what I’d do then.