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10 Extremely Ineffective and Counter-Productive Ways to deal with Anger
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1. Increase your anger by blowing it out of proportion: Whatever it is, somebody, somewhere else probably has it worse. Just think, if you’re reading this, that means you at least have access to a computer, which means that you at least have access to indoor plumbing. Not to mention the fact that we live in a country where we are free to self-actualize (Iran? China? North Korea? Cambodia? Somalia?)
2. Destroy something: Sure, go ahead and imitate the Incredible Hulk, but now you just added something to both your to-do list (clean-up) and shopping list (replacement). Congratulations.
3. Sleep the day away: You should really deal with the issue instead of hiding away in your bedroom. Not only do you waste all that time, but you’ll probably wake up grouchier and angrier than before.
4. Eat the day away: That’s right, go ahead and let yourself become another statistic in the race to make America the fattest nation in the history of the world. This is a dumb idea.
5. Shop the day away: If you’re really well off, this might not do too much damage. And if you’ve decided to do number 2 above, this might actually be necessary, but seriously, is this really going to help anything?
6. Take it out on innocent by-standers: If you want to make new enemies, lose friends, and generally make your life more miserable, this is the way to go. Again, a dumb idea.
7. Proclaiming irrational things: Once those words come out of your mouth, you can’t just put them back in. Think about that for a moment.
8. Doing irrational things: Great, you’ve decided to follow your irrational words with irrational action. I believe that there is a specific demographic that specializes in this: the Toddlers.
9. Meltdown: Again, toddlers have this covered.
10. Bury it: Your body is not a pressure cooker. Eventually you’re going to blow, and it won’t be pretty.
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