quickest way to calm down?

when im at school, home, or anywhere else.. someone might get in my face or say something that makes me REALLY mad and i want to blow up and break something at that exact moment. i need a quick stress relief button..any help?

 

Break something of yourself every time. You'll stop doing it soon enough.

 

Take some deep breaths

 

asmodean, im not too sure what you mean.. and the deep breathing kind of helps

 

Extreme anger like that isn't really the same as getting anxious or occassionally getting mad - in that case, deep breathing works. In this case, since it sounds like it happens a lot and it sounds like you don't have any control over it. Finding ways to momentarily put your anger in check will certainly help but you also need to find the root of your anger. Perpetually angry people can only calm their anger when they work through the issue that made them so angry in the first place.

 

take a step back inside your head and ask yourself if the stress is worth it

 

:iagree:
Anger isn't about the guy in your face. It is about how the guy in your face reminds you that... [fill in your own response] Anger is a secondary emotion. It is always about something else.

 

As I went through and read the responses, I do get what you guys are saying. I had to apply the deep breathing thing to something that happened today and it did calm me. I do get angry really easily, really fast.

 

woohoo my simple yet effective advice worked

 

Start buuurnin

 

Yes Hah thanks r0llinstoned and (aesthetic) you mean smoking?

 

turn on the vacuum cleaner..

 

Vacuum cleaner?

 

Meditate daily. Dont wait until you want to climb the water tower and blow the town away. Meditate diligently, for 10 minutes daily and you'll find that gradually less and less irritants will be able to filter through to you. You'll become enlightened and free

 

For the long term with the anger issue, look into yoga, tm, any og the self control practices. You don't have to make it a spiritual thing if you don't want to.

 

Zoloft and Ritalin are absolutely nothing alike...

 

hey guys I feel annoyed. What pill should I take?

.... sounds dumb right??? that's because it IS! ugh

 

remember the exhale as well. deep breath in, long slow exhale.

 

10 minutes daily to connect with yourself and the world around you is too inconvenient? You don't already owe that to yourself????

 

I like the meditation for 10 minutes a day idea a lot!! Ill start doing this! Any music preferences??