| Often times one can get so frustrated or angry that all | | | | this way. |
| they want to do is smack someone down or pound | | | | Find a place to go where no one will hear you and |
| the wall. This can cause injury to others as well as | | | | nothing is around that can hurt you. Go for a walk in a |
| themselves. There are other things that can be done | | | | secluded woods, take a friend if you don't feel safe |
| to ease the frustration and anger that will not cause | | | | enough to go alone. Once you get to where you don't |
| harm to anyone. Here are a few suggestions. | | | | think anyone can hear you yell. Yell as loud as you can. |
| At the initial onset of frustration or anger, stop and | | | | Scream. Tell that person what you really think of them |
| count. If 10 won't do it count to 100 in a focused | | | | even though they aren't there. Let it all go. |
| manner. This will stop the mind's urge to do something | | | | Find some friends that understand the situation and go |
| immediately without thinking and possibly make the | | | | to a paintball court. Rent equipment and understand |
| situation worse. | | | | safety issues that come along with a paintball game. |
| If you are with the person causing the frustration or | | | | Take out your frustrations on your opponents, being |
| anger move away, get out of there, go somewhere | | | | careful not to go overboard of course. Paint ball is fun |
| else until you can calm down and reasonably assess | | | | but it can also alleviate some of your frustrations and |
| the situation. Getting into a fight isn't going to help | | | | anger especially if you imagine the person you are |
| anything. | | | | angry at is the hay bale you are shooting at. |
| If you are in a car and start to go into a rage, do not | | | | Go to the batting cage. Smacking a ball around with a |
| act out. You could hurt yourself and worse, hurt or kill | | | | bat really does ease the aggravation you may have. |
| an innocent person. Pull to the side of the road until | | | | The ball can't go far because you are in a cage so |
| sanity returns. | | | | everything should be safe. |
| Now that the initial frustration or anger has been | | | | Anything physical will probably do the trick but don't |
| quelled there are some things that you can do to keep | | | | forget about the mental issues that surround frustration |
| it that way. Humans like to dwell on things that bother | | | | and anger. You need to let the issue or even the |
| them instead of letting it go and going on with life. Get | | | | person causing your anguish go. Imagine throwing the |
| that frustration and anger out of your system for | | | | issues over a big cliff. They are gone and there is |
| good. | | | | nothing more you can do with them. Just be sure you |
| Go to the gym and let off some steam. Work out on | | | | don't actually push the person causing the issues over |
| the machines or find some boxing gloves and knock | | | | that cliff. You don't want to get yourself in a lot of |
| around a bag. Imagine the person's face on that bag | | | | trouble over a silly issue that can be taken care of in |
| and punch away. You can't hurt anyone but yourself | | | | another way. |