What do you with an overload of pent-up aggression and stress?

[LaraMN]

Due to a number of issues which, in singular occurance would be tolerable, but combined are driving me INSANE, I am so pissed off and wound up that I feel physically sick.

I tried exercising to vent a bit, but that seemed to make it worse. I tried bathing, breathing slowly, and relaxing, and I can't (relax, that is.)

What do you do to calm down, when you're wound up so tight you can't seem to mellow out?

[huskerlaw]

1. I don't know, but if you figure it out

let me know. I'm feeling exactly the same way today. x(

[LaraMN]

5. I'm certain that there are certain

medicinal options that would be helpful.
Unfortunately, y'know, they're illegal or difficult to obtain.

Bleh.

:P

[huskerlaw]

6. Not where I live!

Still illegal, unfortunately. But not at all difficult to obtain. ;)

Alas, I'm at work. So medicinal options really aren't on the table, so to speak.

[ruiner4u]

2. I dont want to lock the thread....So ill just abstain

[ohiosmith]

3. Scotch on the rocks.

[LaraMN]

7. No kidding.

That'd about do it.

[ohiosmith]

12. W/a doobie.

[MissMillie]

4. well, when a long jog doesn't help

a bottle of tequila usually does

[LaraMN]

9. Ugh! My SIL bought me a tequila shot at the bar, the other week.

It was AWFUL!
I'd actually never had one before. I never will again!

:rofl:

[MissMillie]

13. ah... well then

more tequila for me


sorry you're having a tough day

[SeattleGirl]

8. Take a pillow and beat the crap out of the bed.

I kid you not. Sometimes letting the aggression and stress out in an aggressive way is the ONLY way to get rid of it. However, I don't want to actually cause damage; thus, the pillow.

[LaraMN]

15. THAT is near what I feel like doing.

I'm infamous among my irl friends for breaking inanimate objects around the house during "tantrums." I've stopped doing it for the most part, since it doesn't exactly seem like behavior consistent with setting a good example for the sprouts.

Pillow abuse sounds a little safer!

[SeattleGirl]

16. It really does work!

And after you're done, you'll need one of these: :hug:

[Arkansas Granny]

20. I might suggest using a pillow with stuffing other than feathers.

If the cover tears or bursts, feathers are more likely to go everywhere as opposed to some other stuffing materials. Cleaning up loose fiberfill would be easier than feathers.

[In_The_Wind]

10. I shop.

I also go for long long drives to nowhere. Sometimes I'll window shop but usually I drive through a D & D for an iced coffee to enjoy on the ride back.

If my boy toy were around :evilgrin: I'd have a more interesting answer for you.

[LaraMN]

17. Omg, Joani!

I hit my shopping bookmarks first thing, when I came upstairs to the computer! Too funny!
:rofl:

I didn't buy anything, but I did browse around.

[In_The_Wind]

24. The problem is I'm running out of places to put everything.

Now I need to do something more interesting that just going out for a drive.

I've got great shoes (they make my legs look awesome), cute little dresses and :shrug: no place to wear 'em some of the things still have the tags.

[LaraMN]

26. Ohhh! I had fun last week....

My parents gave me a back-to-school present: some money to go shopping for new clothes, and babysitting favors so I didn't have to bring the kids!

I bought a new pair of jeans, some clingy pin-striped flare pants, a really cute dress, and three or four shirts, for about a hundred dollars!

I was NOT crabby that day!

Too bad we can't go out in our cute dresses and shoes, together!

[LSK]

11. GD

Apparently.

:eyes:

[LaraMN]

19. Bwahaha!

So NOW is the time for me to go post in GD, huh?

:rofl:

[LSK]

21. you are ready

[bicentennial_baby]

14. Cook or Clean

But, I'm a freak. :P

[LaraMN]

22. I clean maniacally sometimes, when I'm pissed off.

I did just scrape a bunch of wallpaper and rip out baseboard trim. I ran out of stuff to do, though. I have to wait until my husband gets home and takes out the toilet, so I can paint and work on flooring.

It does often provide a bit of a mental purge.

[TZ]

18. Been there alot in the last year..

unfortunately for my cats, I find it helps to pick one up and squeeze the stuffing out of them (well not really) especially if they are purring.
Otherwise I have a most unfortunate tendency to throw things

[LaraMN]

23. I've never been a thrower, more of a kicker.

Kicked a dent in the old dishwasher door, kicked a hole in the bedroom door, kicked a hole in the closet door.
I always end up regretting it, so I try not to kick things anymore.

:rofl:

[TZ]

31. LOL!

When I was a teenager I put a hole in the wall at my mothers house by slamming open a door (the doorknob mashed the way). I see someone suggested a pillow but you know what else works. Get a foam/nerf bat. Turn on the TV and when you see Chimpy's face start swinging. Boy does that feel good...:)

[billyskank]

25. One word.

Marijuana.

[LaraMN]

27. You providing?

:D

I'm guessing that's a "no."

:P

[billyskank]

28. I could do.

Wanna come over?

[LaraMN]

29. Heck, yeah! I'll go get my boat!

I will have to knock those people out of it, first:

[billyskank]

30. Use some of your pent-up agression on them.

;)

[MISSDem]

32. Read another story about Michael Vick becoming a born again

Christian does it for me. Then the top of my head blows off and all of the pent up stuff just drifts away into the ozone.

[Blue_Tires]

33. play some first-person shooters online

don't forget to aim for the head

[MiniMandaRuth]

34. Play the congas. Or bongos.

Hell, just pound on a table with your hands until they're so numb that you can't feel them when you type, like I just did.

Plus, you get to hit something and you won't get arrested.

[MiniMandaRuth]

35. I just realized that my last comment was slightly sexual.

Oh jeeze.

[idgiehkt]

36. writing is about the only thing that works for me

it's like surgery, cause it gets it out of my body. Not structured writing, but free association with no editing...just write, write, write for as long as I need to, as many times as I need to. I have to force myself to do it most of the time but it makes me feel better. :hug: :hug: :hug:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

37. Play Millipede (the old Atari game)

http://games.atari.com/playgames/arcade/millipede/millipede_600.jsp

Have a beer or two, then try bathing, breathing slowly, etc...

[mikeytherat]

38. Boxing. Get a heavy bag and some gloves and go at it.

Great excess energy/aggression release.

mikey_the_rat

[Shine]

39. I go on a long bike ride, with lots of climbing.....followed by a hot tub soak

and a couple o' beers. :thumbsup:


Sometimes I scream into my pillow or listen to uplifting, energetic music and dance madly around the living room.

Good luck. :hug:

[flvegan]

40. Go heavy at the gym.

I actually have GREAT workouts when I'm stressed out and/or have pent up aggression.