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Transforming Anger Into Something productive


10 years ago 0 4027 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Hi Ashley,
Maybe by fusing it with a focus,or emotion.  Sometimes I just feel the emotion, but expressing it might not be possible anymore.  An example would be with memories of work, which was toxic.  But that's gone, and I couldn't assert myself.
 
Staying in the present helps, with that focus.  A mantra I've heard is "living well is the best revenge",or "he who laughs last laughs best".
10 years ago 0 11213 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Great thread Hugs.

How do you think you could transform a negative emotion and harness it? Any ideas?


Ashley, Health Educator
10 years ago 0 2508 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
When I was a kid I used my bent up anger when hitting a baseball or playing tether ball or kick ball. I sure could hit that ball way out there..As I got a little older I started working off my stress or anger as you might call it at the time by working in the yard. Mowing, Digging, Trimming trees..I also cleaned a lot too..I was very physical to the point of wearing myself out every day..Now I am not able to work it off physically and that has and is the hardest thing for me now.
Learning how to use or manage these feeling in a new way has been very difficult..Speaking of throwing things I found myself throwing my purse across the examining room into a chair when I was at my last doctors appointment..Not a good idea. Then when the doctor came in I started getting a little loud I guess, because the doctor said he didn't like my tone..It was not a good day..I have not found a good use for anger except when trying to get a point across when no one seems to be listening..
 
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10 years ago 0 6252 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I'll have to think on that. All my jobs have been too dangerous to allow for anger to distract. I have used anger in the form of splitting wood or picking roots (throwing them at the wagon) to relieve stress. Unfortunately I have caught myself aiming it at someone when baited. Not good use of it. 

Hugs, how would you use anger without hurting some one? Most anger situations come from people. 

Davit.
10 years ago 0 4027 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I once saw a sports coach motivate his players by telling them to "transform" their negative emotion, by I think harnessing it and using it to fuel their execution of their performance.
 
I wonder if others can relate to this, maybe through an anecdote? 

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