- Have you ever wanted to tear something up just because you're really mad? Can you stop yourself from punching a hole in the wall? Sometimes you just can't hold your anger inside yourself and you just have to take it out on something. Soon after though, you get into trouble for it, or might injure yourself.
- Here are some tips for releasing it more productively:
Try meditating.
Do this every day to calm your nerves and you won't get so angry to begin with. Meditating calms the mind and helps you with your problems. You may be able to think more clearly too. Sometimes meditating can make you emotionless for the rest of the day. It removes a lot of stress and gives you a better outlook on the world. 2
Try sleeping. Sleep relaxes you and get rid of tension. It's so effective that you may end up waking without noticing you were angry.3
Clinch up your hand. Don't make it in the shape of a fist; rather, try bending your fingers instead of your whole hand to release anger. If you put your hand into a fist, then you'll set yourself to hurt someone by punching them. That may get you into trouble. Some people get so mad that they sue and look at just how long that trouble will last!4
Get active. Instead of taking it out on people or yourself, take it out on your bike or exercising. Not only is it good for your anger outlet but it is also good for for health.5
Get a stress ball. Squeeze this to make anger release more fun! You can squeeze these balls a lot; pop it into your bag or pocket and squeeze it as you walk, catch the bus, sit at your desk or in front of the TV. It is just a creative way to do step 3.6
Take deep breaths. It always calms nerves down. It is just a small meditation that releases a little stress at a time. It doesn't have as much effect as real meditation does but it does buy you calm-down time.7
See a therapist. A therapist can help you work out the underlying feelings and motivations behind your anger. This is especially helpful if your feelings are messy, fuzzy and unclear to you but you just feel a huge ball of anger before you. Don't get so angry that you hurt the therapist physically though. If you seriously think this might be an issue, forewarn the therapist who will ensure someone else is in the room with you or suggest alternatives.8
Start going to anger management class. Such a class can help you more than a therapist can and may be best done in conjunction with therapy.These classes are very important if your anger happens to be really serious, unless you want to deal with your problems for the rest of your life.9
Count backwards from 10 to 1, very slowly.10
Say the ABC'S backward.11
Find the funniest thing you can (youtube has a lot of hilarious videos). Laughing may not be what you want to do when mad but it can really help if you open yourself up to it.12
Try and listen to music or go over to your friend's house and talk about your issues or you can do what you love doing (eg. playing video games, anime, facebookin-ing, etc...)13
Try and go to sleep, walk the dog, exercise, do your homework, watch tv, etc...14
Don't give the people who may have made you angry the attention they don't deserve, try not to talk to them as much and then they will be the losers, not you.15
Try writing in a journal about your anger and releve all the stress you have and make the journal privite so you can say what ever you want and try not to show anyone your journal, make it personal about what ever your angry about.
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