What do you do when you get Mad!?

[HelpinUtah]

What do you do when you get really mad or angry?  Everyone deals with anger differently!  I'm just curious.

I tend to cry when I get really mad or I get quiet.  Then when I calm down, I can talk about it with the person who angered me.  I don't get angry often, but when I do - it has to be bad!

[msniki412]

I yell and scream alot. I can also get really mean and rude and say alot of hurtful things when I know deep down inside i dont mean anything i say. I think....i know i have an anger probelm. I try to be more calm, but in the end it doesn't work. You would think with all the anger i have i would have high blood pressure, but actually its normal!!!

[Cherie762]

ok...punching bag = good,,,,smashing oxys= concerning.  be careful please I lost a good friend due to something very simillar......

it is good to let anger out,,,my mom holds it in and she has ulcerative colitis about every year..you know the things that happen...ulcers, panic..ets.... so keep on hitting that bag..buy some good punching gloves so ya dont hurt your hand..   C

[Mage1970]

I answered throw things BUT usually I throw punches . I have a punching bag in the spare bedroom and you know when I angry because Im in there having a smash session THEN i go crush some MS CONTIN and bash it because working the punch bag HURTS LIKE HELL - but inflicting pain on myself is a whole lot better than going to jail for assult ( yeah been there done that ) So I guess you could say I internalise a lot of my anger !

[ILADVOCATE]

Physically can't communicate too well so a good deal of my correspondence is by e-mail and I am just about to get a TTY installed. If you, or anyone else were to hear and see me I might not sound rational and would at times of the day seem like I was ranting but its my physical disability so not much to do about it. If needed I hold it in but that is painful. Might end up getting a communication device such as Stephen Hawkings has. However, if I have one of those episodes I shred paper. That's an excellent way to get rid of energy that's unwanted and a good way to make sure bills and other standard confidential material you get in the mail that you no longer need is not
ever read by others. Most people I know own one as well.            

[MJIthewriter]

I'll have a ball of polyester to put my head on.  But I know what you mean.  At my parent's house we had a giant cloth sack of unsorted, mateless socks.  That was my punching bag.  I used to love it.  RIP bag of socks. =(

It is kind of weird how emotions are.  I tend to keep pretty quiet most of the time, except the tempers I mentioned. It almost always seems to be in the home when it happens.  If I'm upset at work (if I had a job) I tend to carry on okay as if nothing, or cry quietly and try to hide my face.  I tend to handle things well out in public a good amount of times.  Maybe my emotions do build up. When I get home I usually feel quite drained and tired.

I find it easier for me to communicate my emotions in type. Because of that I seem more likely to vent my anger on the web than in real life.  In public people see me as quite pleasent and charming.  In my head my mind races over whatever...Can be big things, can be small things.  Usually small things.  It makes it hard to talk with people because they kind of sigh or roll their eyes if I come to them complaining about something that bothers me but they couldn't care less over.

Now I feel an urge to beat up my pillow just for the heck of it.

[Barb135]

Because I don't have guessagain's meds (lol), I usually either cry or get really quiet.  BUT I have a brother who was a sailor so if I'm in the right (wrong?) mood when I get angry, I think I could put some sailors to shame.  

If I cuss like a sailor, I'll get it off my chest and it will be over.  If I get put into a situation where I have to either cry or get quiet - be careful, because it doesn't "go away" and the end result is NOT pretty, no matter how counterproductive my anger might be.