I do not get angry easily, unless you touch me profoundly and deeply in the negative spectre. I am one of those people that are real hard to anger, even though I am irritated real easily.

I can only recall two spells of anger, both when I was way younger. First time when I was seven and my dog just died; poisoned by one of our neighbours. I was so angry with sadness and grief, I put my fist through an inch-thick oak door. I channelled the anger out. I dodn't even hurt my hand.

Second time was when I was 12. I saw a kid outside school blow a duck's head off with fireworks. I was 20 metres away, the kid was with his back to me. I cannot remember much, cuz I was literally blind with anger, but they tell me I sprinted to him in two seconds, jumped on his back, which made him fall on his face. I was on his back and bashed his face into the frozen ground so hard he lost consciousness. They had to prie me offa him or I would have killed him.

Call me an animal lover and you're right. The boy's parents made an offical complaint to the police, but they let me go and charged him with cruelty to animals. The principal had to suspend me for three days, but the other kid got kicked out of school. The principal patted me on the back and said "Enjoy your three days off".

The thing is, sometimes you get SO angry you just have to channel it. Today I got SO angry I needed to vent, but it wasn't as deep as the previous two incidents. I meanm you get older and you learn to handle yourself better.

But what a joy it was to be able to turn the anger into one hell of a song. I just put down and entire song, front to end. I recorded a smallish demo that no one will ever hear, as I can't sing, but the entire thing is SO right, I am going to get this produced somehow.

The title of the song? It's called WTF. It kinda says it all.

So. How do YOU channel your anger?



.
[Edited 7/28/08 11:26am]

hmmm.

I don't remember the last time I got really angry. I mean, it appears that I can be quite an angry person here on the org because I have an "asshole" mode that I swing into. But even then, I'm not really angry -- I just enjoy taking a piss. I think this actually prevents me from getting angry--being able to express discust or frustration straight away.

However, I actually got close to angry when I had two "incidents" in my rental car with Alun in the passenger seat with me when we were making our way back from Snowdonia along some REALLY narrow roadways winding around hillsides.

I cursed relatively loud on the second "Accident" cause they happenned within 10 minutes of each other. But within 2 minutes, after I let off a little steam, I put it all in perspective and everything was fine.

It's all a matter of perspective, for me. I deliberately thought, "Look. You're in a beautiful place. With a beautiful person. And you'll look back and REALLY miss this moment". My anger subsided and gave way to feelings of greatfulness. I know it sounds all hippie loving bullshitish, but it really worked. And yes, I do miss that moment.


The most angry I ever got was probably in high school. I was always angry back then, cause anger was the only emotion that would allow me to overcome fear.



.
[Edited 7/28/08 11:37am]

oh, and.. great thread Huey!

Imago said:

You're so British!

Mars23 said:

cheers

When I was younger (10-14yrs) I used to beat the hell out of these empty boxes and pallets we had lying around our shop. I was teased and bullied quite a bit around then (being of small stature, nerdy disposition, and coached in non-violent behavior) and it was really frustrating for me. I hated being treated that way but instead of taking it out on my antagonizers I would take it out on inanimate objects. I had a length of metal pipe and a sledgehammer and let me tell you, I put the fear of recycling into those pallets & boxes...



oh... and now? I play with my kids and try to teach them better. I play poker (it's like meditation...). Oh, and I enjoy tequila a little too much...

*update edit*
[Edited 7/28/08 12:13pm]

Mars23 said:

I think it would have sounded better if he said "I enjoy taking the piss, not A piss"....




Oh lawd!


HELLOOOO!

Singing

Unfortunately, when I was younger, I used to get physical when I got angry. It's weird because my parents taught my siblings and me that hitting was wrong , but if they weren't around, I'd lay the smack down on whoever pissed me off I had a bad temper.



Now, I very rarely get angry. I did recently get very angry with friend of mine and I was able to control myself and just talk about it and let out my anger in that way. It makes me feel better when I can talk to someone and see that someone understands where I'm coming from.

It's pretty rare that I'm angry, but if I am I'm a cry-er. I don't always like it, but that's my general outlet for emotion. When I'm happy, when I'm sad, when I'm moved, when I'm pissed, it all somehow comes out through my eyes.

CarrieMpls said:

Me too. Some times it is really annoying but it is just how I roll I guess.

shanti0608 said:

I swear to gawd, I would say that all day long in your sing-song immitation if it didn't make me look so damned gay

I used to channel it into violence when I was younger.

Now I do my damnedest to breathe deeply and practice conscious body relaxation until I come to my senses. Sometimes that doesn't work and I end up letting loose with a long, loud, curse-filled diatribe. I rarely get physical, unless someone has REALLY made me angry enough. It's been about three years since that's happened.

FunkMistress said:

Girl you may not get angry but you spit fire with your opinions.

Imago said:

Yeah, well...can I blame the beer?

I , in no particular order...

Listen to angry rock music
Fuck
Eat
Cry
Curse
Punch something/someone
Indulge in torture/murder fantasies
Clean
Zone out and stare at the wall

FunkMistress said:

A girl said that to me once under a much different situation

Imago said:

Why is the emoticon for what looks like nigiri called "sake"????



Now that's a WTF if I've ever seen one!

FunkMistress said:

Don't ask me! I'm still trying to figure out why "Abbreviation" is such a long ass word and hard to spell considering its meaning.

apostrophe edit
[Edited 7/28/08 12:46pm]

Oh, God. I have SUCH a bad temper, I get pissed all the time. I just yell and cuss, man.


Got it, mu-fucka's?!?!

Imago said:

Don't get me started on the fact that the word "lisp" has an "s" in the middle of it!

Well, Like you I am annoyed easily and angered very seldom. I fear if I ever see black with anger, I might kill someone as I don't think I'd be able to turn it off.

So as I don't get angry very often, it's hard to say how I channel it. Venting mostly. Otherwise I get really passive aggressive and I am not good at that as it makes me look bitchy...like this past weekend.

FunkMistress said:

That's cruel.

superspaceboy said:

It is scary when that happens.

I've completely blacked out and had to be told later that I punched someone over and over, when I thought I'd only hit them once.

Imago said:

Totally!

ToraToraDreams said:

I see. Wouldn't have known.

FunkMistress said:

Sake is also salmon sushi, at least at the joints I frequent...

superspaceboy said:

Other than that, I'm just a little ray of the Lord's sunshine.


haha, I'm pretty sure I got it from my Dad. He can get so mad he literally goes BLIND for a few seconds. Actually, I'm Mother Teresa compared to my father.

It takes sooooo much for me to get angry. It really does.

A whole lot of angry motherfuckers. I kinda expected that.