Blowing off steam...

TeddyTedson

A friend of mine who I've known for about 5/6 years completely flipped out the other day and started shouting his head off at someone who had been constantly criticizing him. His voice went up quite a few dBs. It was a thing of beauty. I never knew he had it in him. Good to see he wasn't going to bottle it all up, as they say any longer. His victim was left utterly speechless.
Anyway, what would you do it these situations, bottle it up until you explode or sort it out there and then?
I tend to bottle things up too for a while until I loose it.

OutlawPete

Unhealthy to bottle things up.

Best to unload all that suppressed anger ..

As Ted Bundy used to say.

Princess Peach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-tRErs5UcI

Saila

class! ^ - cool movie too...back in the day

alwaysadub

I did something like that once just. Fella in work knew what was going in my family at the time-it was touch and go whether 2people would live or die-but he was still annoying me.
So i started battering him with a clipboard and screamed abuse at him for about 10minutes How i didn't get sacked i don't know!

Usually though i just don't let things get to me-i'm a bit too laid back and easy going at times.

Leelaa22

Saila wrote: »

class! ^ - cool movie too...back in the day

It still is

Saila

there are two kinds of angry people in this world: explosive and implosive. Explosive, which is the most common, is the type of individual you see screaming at a grocery store cashier for not taking his coupon. Implosive, the least common, is the cashier at the store who remains quiet at his job day after day until he then finally loses it and just shoots everyone in the store.

starbelgrade

I've always been one to just vent, but the older I get, the more controlled I've become.

I haven't lost my angry edge.. not in the slightest, but I've learned that venting is not always the most appreciated or productive way of getting rid of anger.

So instead of - for example - blowing my horn at a driver who pisses me off by doing 30mph on a 100ph road, I will give him / her the finger as I overtake them, below the level of the dashboard, where they can't see it, but - importantly - where I know that they have been told to 'move the fuck over old lady.'

I get to vent. They don't have to deal with it.

It's win-win.

TeddyTedson

Saila wrote: »

there are two kinds of angry people in this world: explosive and implosive. Explosive, which is the most common, is the type of individual you see screaming at a grocery store cashier for not taking his coupon. Implosive, the least common, is the cashier at the store who remains quiet at his job day after day until he then finally loses it and just shoots everyone in the store.

lol, I'm neither of these. I'm defo not explosive and I'm not going to shoot anybody at the store. I'm unemployed.

scientific1982

I tend to bottle things up and then completely flip out. No control over my temper when its broken.

Saila

Saila wrote: »

there are two kinds of angry people in this world: explosive and implosive. Explosive, which is the most common, is the type of individual you see screaming at a grocery store cashier for not taking his coupon. Implosive, the least common, is the cashier at the store who remains quiet at his job day after day until he then finally loses it and just shoots everyone in the store.

"No, no, no. I'm the guy in the frozen food section dialling 911. I swear."

Lurching

Im the bottle it up kind of guy. I honestly cant remember the last time I lost my temper.
Most of the time I just let it go, and dont let it get to me at all.
Other times I deal with it without losing my temper. Its funny when someone starts shouting at you and you stay completely calm and say something that tears strips off them.

jd007

heh blow:pac:

Cheap Thrills!

Your anger not you're anger :mad:

*explodes in fit of repressed grammar nazi rage*

....ahem, nothing to see here.....everything's under control. I refute all your allegators. :cool:

Mrmoe

Some meadowsweet should sort out all the surpressed rage.

The Gaelic name for meadowsweet is Crios-Chuchulainn, Cuchulain‘s Belt. The story goes that Cuchulain one day lost his fearsome temper, for which he was renowned but on this day, nothing would calm him down. Eventually, seeing how angry the great celtic warrior was, his followers took him to the house of some women, who placed him in a bath of meadowsweet. It did the trick and calmed Cuchulain down and ever since, he carried a piece of meadowsweet in his belt.

Kimono-Girl

3 or 4 years ago i would have bottled it up until eventually exploding in an awful unfair way at who ever was nearest, unfortunately for some i was very angry all the time, a few years back,


after years of counseling i know how to handle it much better, i blow off steam there and then, i try talking it through, if im very angry i'll just take deep breaths count to 10 (it really works for me anyways) and then try and discuss it calmly,

i'm proud to say im 2 years without an explosion anyways:D

Generally if I have a problem I open my mouth then and there I think
So I try not to let things build up - except something like that "spiral of hate" days

mawdz

If i very bad i just bottle it then go home and hit my wife then we snuggle on the couch with a beer and a chinese and its all better

squishykins

I tend to bottle things up, have only really ever let loose once...*life story time yay!*

Basically I was sitting in the car with my baby sister who was 8 months at the time. She was in her car seat asleep on the driver's side, I was in the passenger seat waiting for mum to come back. And some ****ing eejit drives right into the side of the car! On my sister's side. I went into ****ing orbit, if it had been just me in the car I probably would have started crying or something but once I had checked that she was ok I screamed for about half an hour at the driver, in which time my mother had come back and joined me, what wonderful bonding time :rolleyes: Anyways that evening we got a call from the gardaí, the man had gone and handed himself in! Proudest day of my LYF :P

Mr. Manager

Saila wrote: »

"No, no, no. I'm the guy in the frozen food section dialling 911. I swear."

I see someone watched Anger Management last night... How convenient ehh

brummytom

I tend to bottle things up a lot.

Like a mate kept annoying me the other week, instead of nipping it in the bud, I gently seethed for a while. Eventually, I went all moody and menstrual on him, which shocked him a bit.


Little things tend to annoy me more than big things, strangely.

alwaysadub

brummytom wrote: »

I tend to bottle things up a lot.

Like a mate kept annoying me the other week, instead of nipping it in the bud, I gently seethed for a while. Eventually, I went all moody and menstrual on him, which shocked him a bit.


Little things tend to annoy me more than big things, strangely.

Aww, you've started getting your periods Tom have ya?:P

brummytom

alwaysadub wrote: »

Aww, you've started getting your periods Tom have ya?:P

I swear I have, I'm the moodiest fucker I know.


Damn puberty

alwaysadub

brummytom wrote: »

I swear I have, I'm the moodiest fucker I know.


Damn puberty

Just blame it on being a teenager. It lets you away with lots of things....from what i remember anyway!

brummytom

alwaysadub wrote: »

Just blame it on being a teenager. It lets you away with lots of things....from what i remember anyway!

It also gets you blamed for a lot of things :pac:

Joey the lips

a roide helps me nicely....

the_barfly1

Who needs to get angry when you can get even?
Voodoo doll ftw

Capt'n Midnight

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

....ahem, nothing to see here.....everything's under control. I refute all your allegators. :cool:

You're doing what to my alligators ? :eek:

R0ot

Bottle it up until the OH is ready for a rough night in the sack. :pac:

DOC09UNAM

I used to bottle it up and unload it on people that didn't deserve it, I was a little bit of a cúnt.

Then, I got counselling.

Now, I don't let things annoy me.