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Doesn't happen often, but I exercise. I find running really helps, and is good for me. :)

Otherwise I come onto MacRumors and tell newbies to repair permissions, even when they don't need to.
 
Not always all these things, and definitely not always in this order:
  • cry
  • shout
  • stew silently
  • report spam on MR
  • spread my noxious bad-mood-poison
  • rant at anyone and everyone and often, no one
 
basketball baby, basketball. Can't be mad after you run your guts out for a while and bang the boards. Course I have a dead front tooth (now an empress crown :( ) and a half of a bicuspid. You're much quicker to shove your face into the elbows when you mad...
 
If I'm really really ticked off, I'll go cut my neighbour's TV cable.

Man that brings back memories. Lived out in the middle of nowhere. The neighbor, who was only there about 2 weekends a month, had an alarm system with a huge speaker that was pointed out a basement vent, directly at my house. The alarm went off for birds, cats, wind, and cars driving by. It would blare incessantly for about 5 minutes, then reset, only to trip again. Repeatedly. The guy wouldn't turn it off, and this in a place where the nearest police response was an hour away. No one was responding to his alarm except me.

Went up with a shotgun to blow away the speaker when I discovered his basement door was hinged on the outside. Popped the hinges, tracked his alarm wires through the insulation, and cut them in about 4 different places. Replaced the door and hinges, collected my unfired shotgun, and went home to silent bliss. Never heard the alarm again.
 
Went up with a shotgun to blow away the speaker when I discovered his basement door was hinged on the outside. Popped the hinges, tracked his alarm wires through the insulation, and cut them in about 4 different places. Replaced the door and hinges, collected my unfired shotgun, and went home to silent bliss. Never heard the alarm again.

You had a legitimate reason though. I cut my neighbour's cable because I was mad about a NASCAR race being on a cable station at the time and I didn't have cable. It's not my neighbour's fault for me not having cable, but I sure felt better after I cut it.
 
You had a legitimate reason though. I cut my neighbour's cable because I was mad about a NASCAR race being on a cable station at the time and I didn't have cable. It's not my neighbour's fault for me not having cable, but I sure felt better after I cut it.

You a sick man. Now I know why my cable goes down everytime a race comes on...
 
Medicine, medicine, medicine! At least for me because I have bipolar type rage. As long as I take my medicine everyday then I'm almost always good to go.

But before I knew I was bipolar I would just walk. Being bipolar I would always get mad at a person I was with for trivial reasons. So I would walk as far as possible from that person to keep from killing them, seriously. Then after at least 30 minutes or more I would start to walk back after visually killing them in my mind about 100+ times. Driving for me is an absolute no no as I have thoughts of hitting the gas and going into oncoming traffic.

One time a friend came over to my place very late for dinner so while I was in the kitchen I took out a knife. Instead of stabbing him I stabbed a cake over and over and over. Then I ran block after block till my wife told him to leave. Then when I came back I punched a wall which had bricks on the other side, bloody knuckles.

Bipolar is more common than most think and if anyone here either has thoughts of killing someone or starts crying when someone does something trivial or small, consult a doctor who has phycological backround and get drugs. And counseling is good but doesn't take place of drugs. If one doesn't work the are a decent amount to choose from.

Oh and just for the record I have never killed or harmed a person due to my illness. Now objects on the other hand...:rolleyes:
 
Anyway, my question is do you know a good centerting excericise or something that calms you down when you're super pissed off?

You're ahead of the game already, because you know that, when you're angry, you need to find a constructive way of dealing with that anger.

I think the best thing you can do is to find a consistently functional strategy. I know a lot of people focus their anger into exercise, and that can work. But, if you're dealing with issues of sudden, blistering anger (i.e. rage), you need to be able to self-monitor -- to know it's coming -- and then do whatever it takes to back yourself down. That can be as simple as "counting backward from ten," or reminding yourself to take deep breaths, or removing yourself from the negative stimulus. If it's more complex, or if it's a spiral you know you often can't control, you need to seek someone who can help you find productive ways of dealing with that anger (which you've done here, but a professional who's in your real life will likely provide better support). There's no shame in knowing yourself better, or in trying to figure out why everything swirls inside you when you think it should be settling.

I guess that might seem general, or like a summary, or even naive. Fact is, though, dealing with anger can be an immensely personal exercise. Unless you can embrace your anger (in that it's personal to you and who you are -- that it's not posturing, but genuine you), there's not going to be an easy way to work beyond it.
 
Beat the crap out of the peron who made you feel that way. Actually, I have a heavy punching bag so I punch that thing till my arms ache. Dont know if it really helps, but it sure is good exercise.
 
Huh, you guys are mellow…

I like to move some immovable object, like pushing my car up a small incline. Or pumping iron.

Then I have a small drink or a toke and sit back. Usually I'm all worn out, so I look over at my .45. But then I know we're off the deep, so I just remind myself that idiots aren't worth a life sentence.

Then I usually feel better. :D
 
i dont think i've ever been out-of-control angry.
but if i'm rather ticked i drive since it forces me to focus.
or i'll write.
or i'll sing my favorite songs.
 
I happen to be just coming down from being out-of-control angry. Basically, what I do is simply lose control for a bit, then spend the rest of the day fixing the damage.
 
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