What do my fellow escapists do when angry?

[similar.squirrel]

Read. That seems to have a calming effect like no other activity.

 

[Googooguru]

Punch Walls and Swear really loud, but i have anger management issues xD

 

[Not-here-anymore]

I rip that fucker's horn off and ram it into it's kidney! Nobody fucks with teddy!

But on a much more rational side, I got a little trick from depression where I repress emotion. If it's really bad, I just do that. Completely kills a day, but it keeps me from dwelling on it.

The closest thing I have to an "unwinding" activity is archery or gaming. Something about shooting things that don't really die makes me feel good.

Yeah, I have that depression trick too. It also allows sufficient separation between mind and body that I can't get drunk anymore. Which is probably a good thing.

FPS's are my unwinding tactic - unleashing bullet hell on pixelated people is a great stress reliever. Archery helps too, as I have to relax in order to be capable of shooting properly. Always good to encounter another archer, by the way. Although the fact that we're both depressed gaming archers is a little weird.

I usually don't reply this far after I've received a quote, but that's bloody awesome. I just had to say that, I have never met anyone else with that trick and it may have just made me feel a little more connected with people. That's actually an incredible help. I mean, I've been avoiding that trick unless it's really bad because it made me feel disconnected, it's nice to know that there's someone else with it.

Yeah, I'm still fairly sure it's not a healthy thing to do. I just know it works if I need to become an emotionless husk for the day to prevent myself being a total dick to everyone I see.
I know a couple of other people who do the same thing without realising it.

 

[Yokai]

I mutter to myself, rage around a bit, then go play a violent video game, preferably Just Cause 2, which allows for maximum catharsis.

 

[blankedboy]

Play guitar or play a game when you can slaughter many things

I need an 'agree' button on my keyboard.
It'd be long gone by now...

 

[MelziGurl]

Depends on what level of anger. The angriest I get is when I just randomly start to clean things so that I don't go postal at my partner.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Write a very long and polite post here.

 

[imnot]

kill things, oh scrap that i just talk to myself ABOUT killing things.
good job im hard to anger.

 

[SwagLordYoloson]

When I am angry, I get my gun

 

[EHKOS]

I'll play some Guitar Hero until I miss one note, then I get even madder and go murder people in various sandboxes.

 

[s0denone]

Punch the wall left to me.
Growl. (No...really)
Anger myself even more.
Push-ups.

Edit: I feel a little left out, seeing how my fellow escapists express their angry in a less violent and passive way. You make me feel bad

I'm sure you, me, and everyone else reacting like us, are part of the norm though. You shouldn't feel bad. It's the common escapist user that are the odd-balls out.

OT:
Me?
I break stuff. Throw things. Yell.
If the unicorn was around? I'd probably hurt it.

 

[Blueruler182]

I rip that fucker's horn off and ram it into it's kidney! Nobody fucks with teddy!

But on a much more rational side, I got a little trick from depression where I repress emotion. If it's really bad, I just do that. Completely kills a day, but it keeps me from dwelling on it.

The closest thing I have to an "unwinding" activity is archery or gaming. Something about shooting things that don't really die makes me feel good.

Yeah, I have that depression trick too. It also allows sufficient separation between mind and body that I can't get drunk anymore. Which is probably a good thing.

FPS's are my unwinding tactic - unleashing bullet hell on pixelated people is a great stress reliever. Archery helps too, as I have to relax in order to be capable of shooting properly. Always good to encounter another archer, by the way. Although the fact that we're both depressed gaming archers is a little weird.

I usually don't reply this far after I've received a quote, but that's bloody awesome. I just had to say that, I have never met anyone else with that trick and it may have just made me feel a little more connected with people. That's actually an incredible help. I mean, I've been avoiding that trick unless it's really bad because it made me feel disconnected, it's nice to know that there's someone else with it.

Yeah, I'm still fairly sure it's not a healthy thing to do. I just know it works if I need to become an emotionless husk for the day to prevent myself being a total dick to everyone I see.
I know a couple of other people who do the same thing without realising it.

Yeah, with me, it's emotionless to avoid pain. I generally go inwards when something bad happens to me, I don't lash out, I buckle down and take the shots. The emotionless thing just comes up if the shots are too hard.

 

[RamirezDoEverything]

pace around my basement, breathing heavily and muttering to myself, but then I turn on the tv and the anger just seems to melt away while i get into the show.