Expressing Hurt without Injury - any ideas?

Blinda

It can be hard sometimes to let important feelings out, and unfortunately painful feelings we bury don't go away. They stay inside, making us feel miserabe or frozen, wound-up or depressed. Some people express their hurt by injurying themselves. others like to write poetry and get their sadness down on paper.
Listed here are some ways we can express our feelings. Any more ideas?

Keeping a diary - of thoughts and feelings
Talking - to someone who'll listen.
Drawing - not 'art' but shapes and colours
Writing letters - not necessarily to send
Writing poetry, stories, or just odd words
Listening to music - which fits how you feel
Crying - into a pillow if need be
A punchbag, a drum, or dartboard - improvise
Shouting and swearing - on paper if not aloud.

Sarky

Try making some music. Computers are common enough, a modest music program is cheap, give it a try. Or a real instrument, if you have one.

Sleepy

Go to a beach, command the ocean to stand still. Keep roaring at it, ordering it to stand still. It's a humbling and unbelievably liberating experience.

If that doesn't float your boat, hit the gym. You can take out your frustrations by burning off your energy and the endorphine release afterwards will make you feel better.

Good luck.

Sarky

Mmm, liquid happy...

keu

wouldn't mind kicking the sh!t out of a few people right about now though..

keu

then score a bit of hash and get the vodka in....will be alright in about a week.

Hello Kitty

You could just break something e.g smash a flower vase on the ground.. might help you feel better!!

MistressPandora

Hehe, a friend of mine rang me up once when I was really, really angry, and he ordered me to go outside somewhere, fill my lungs with air and at the top of my voice, scream "BANANAS!"
I did it, and burst out laughing straight away.

I am MAN

Good post with kiddie replies as usual.

Victor

keu wrote:

wouldn't mind kicking the sh!t out of a few people right about now though..

Hello Kitty wrote:

You could just break something e.g smash a flower vase on the ground.. might help you feel better!!

If you are going to break something, break something cheap.

Chop firewood. Those bottles you were going to take to the bottle bank - take them and chuck 'em in hard.

It's not acceptable to hurt people.

LegacyUser

Try meditation. Has helped me more than I ever believed it would..

CathyMoran

I have found praying/meditation works.

If someone really annoys me I wish them well, it sounds a bit odd but I find hate is too strong an emotion so converting my feelings into something positive works.

Looking at the stars and seeing how small we are is another thing that works.

Spending time with animals is yet another one.

If I need to let off some steam in a hurry I put my iPod on max volume and walk as fast as I can listening to fairly heavy music.

Being altruistic - helping people is another positive.

And where would we be without Doom 3!

OfflerCrocGod

CathyMoran wrote:

If I need to let off some steam in a hurry I put my iPod on max volume and walk as fast as I can listening to fairly heavy music

This is a good way to burn energy, fill up your MP3 player with dance music and go running on a treadmill for as long as you can....it's fantastic to just keep running until the sweat is pouring of you. Then a nice cool swim or a spot of the sauna or steam room, just perfect and it will make you feel all fresh and new.

CathyMoran wrote:

Being altruistic - helping people is another positive.

That's what boards is all about so Blinda get posting!

CathyMoran wrote:

And where would we be without Doom 3!

A lot less scared :eek: ?

sceptre

Victor wrote:

Those bottles you were going to take to the bottle bank - take them and chuck 'em in hard.

Oh that's good. I like that clinky noise they make too.

Victor

sceptre wrote:

Oh that's good. I like that clinky noise they make too.

Not after midnight across the road from my sister's house after you've had a big cheese and wine party though. May induce homocidal feeelings.