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Do you?

Some friends and I were discussing how good it feels sometimes, just losing it. Briefly. Apparently I'm not the only one who finds the sound of breaking glass to be very, very satisfying. I don't get to hit people anymore, so I have to target the inanimate. Is there anything you like to do, physically, when you just get sick of all the shit?

. I don't get to hit people anymore,


Why not?

Is there anything you like to do, physically, when you just get sick of all the shit?

Sure, but you don't wanna know about it. :D

Not really. I usually load up a game like Halo or KoToR and kill tons of aliens until I cool down a bit, or scream into pillows and/or in funky made up languages.

I don't smash things, because I don't like having to replace them. I hit things, or if it's a person that made me angry, I hit them.

Why not?

1) Illegal?
2) They hit back?

Insanity is most refreshing and conducive to mental health. I find shouting Tom Lehrer's songs about church-goers to be soothing to my brain. I also often dress like Napoléon and tap-dance in book stores.

I take my sparring gloves down to the local gym and beat the crap out of the punching bag...

1) Illegal?
2) They hit back?

Not if they're 1) consenting, and 2) tied up.

1) Illegal?

*Libertarian voice* Laws are illegal.

2) They hit back?

Then one is not hitting hard enough.

1) Illegal?
2) They hit back?


But she said "any more" so obviously this was not previously that much of a worry.....

Maybe its auld age...

*duck

Do you?

Some friends and I were discussing how good it feels sometimes, just losing it. Briefly. Apparently I'm not the only one who finds the sound of breaking glass to be very, very satisfying. I don't get to hit people anymore, so I have to target the inanimate. Is there anything you like to do, physically, when you just get sick of all the shit?

I recently bought $2 of plates at a garage sale and smashed them on the cement patio behind my house, it was cathartic.

I take my sparring gloves down to the local gym and beat the crap out of the punching bag...

Kind of this. I have always been a delayed gratification person, so I tend to internalise a lot of frustration and rage. But there is only so much you can take without it damaging yourself, so I like to vent in a controlled safe way that hurts nobody. I have a wallbag that I punch, and I run. But then I am a control freak so I am not that comfortable with being out of control of my emotions.

I like to run and run and run...

When I play in orchestra, I have a fear of randomly throwing and smashing my instrument across the room.

I used to have an alarm clock once.

I swear at the top of my lungs, usually at an inanimate object, and later apologize to it.

And video games help too.

NSG . . . always good for a laugh if you look hard enough

Yeh, I just smashed a cup and my alarm clock after reading a thread on these forums.

I load up a First Person shooter, go into a Multiplayer room, and just pwn one noob after another. Or, I go for a walk through the woods.

I perform the following ritual:

I select a song list in iTunes with plenty of fast, bombastic music.
I load up Unreal Tournament GOTY edition
As in this state I'm not interested in a challenge, I set the bot skill level to one lower than I usually play.
I load lots of bots.

Enjoy. Especially cathartic is using the minigun on a target. In UT GOTY edition the target will stand there and shake until you cease fire. I can carry a lot of ammo.

It's bad enough having to clean up ordinary, everyday messes. If, out of anger, I smash things, I'm the one who has to clean it up - so I don't do it. If I really get that angry, I go for a long walk or drive somewhere (the only problem with driving when I'm angry is that I tend to speed and not pay attention to my surroundings), anything to get away from the thing that pissed me off.

Nowadays, there's not really much that angers me, though. My daughter's in Idaho, my son's in Denver and my husband's an ex and I don't do anything that I don't want to do (except pay bills and clean house, but that's trivia).

Chicken wings, a beer, and a smoke. Good conversation, flirting, and some fucking perspective. Felt better than smashing something.

Chicken wings, a beer, and a smoke. Good conversation, flirting, and some fucking perspective. Felt better than smashing something.

From any other poster this wouldn't be ambiguous. Neesika however... :p

Do you?

Some friends and I were discussing how good it feels sometimes, just losing it. Briefly. Apparently I'm not the only one who finds the sound of breaking glass to be very, very satisfying. I don't get to hit people anymore, so I have to target the inanimate. Is there anything you like to do, physically, when you just get sick of all the shit?

Yes, I've a door that has rows of knuckle marks where I hit it when I'm angry. Just feels good to smack something sometimes.

Scott smash!

Scott smash!

I want a punching bag in my home. Except they take up so much damn room, and I hate that! It would be a good feedback loop though...stressed? Hit the bag. Annoyed with the clutter? Hit the bag. And repeat.

When I get really mad, I don't smash things; I just sort of shut down, and emerge twenty to forty minutes later not mad anymore. Either because I repressed the anger and will someday flip out and become an axe murderer, or because I just stopped to think about it and decided nothing needed to be smashed after all. I'm not entirely sure, but if you live near an axe store, try not to piss me off. *nod*

I don't do repression well. I need to resolve things, not sit on them. Otherwise I get more and more worked up and less and less rational.

I don't do repression well. I need to resolve things, not sit on them. Otherwise I get more and more worked up and less and less rational.

That doesn't happen to me. Did you hear me?! I SAID THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ME! Wait a sec, I think that just counted as √2 posts.

I want a punching bag in my home. Except they take up so much damn room, and I hate that! It would be a good feedback loop though...stressed? Hit the bag. Annoyed with the clutter? Hit the bag. And repeat.



Youre getting married. Isnt that kind of like having a punching bag in your home?
:p

That doesn't happen to me. Did you hear me?! I SAID THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ME! Wait a sec, I think that just counted as √2 posts.
This probably shouldn't have made me laugh, but it did.
Youre getting married. Isnt that kind of like having a punching bag in your home?
:p
He's not okay with me hitting him.

If only he wouldn't make me so mad all the time...and I buy him flowers after and swear it'll never happen again...

He's not okay with me hitting him.

I'd let you hit me.

I'd let you hit me.

You misunderstand. I don't want someont to LET me hit them. I just don't want to hurt someone I love.

You can go ahead and fight back, I'll still knock you down the stairs.:p

You misunderstand. I don't want someont to LET me hit them. I just don't want to hurt someone I love.

You can go ahead and fight back, I'll still knock you down the stairs.:p

You can put on a cape and become a superhero. They hit people all the time. But it's ok, because they only hit the bad guys. And the bad guys will probably be doing something you don't like, such as preventing Native Americans from getting abortions while attempting to ban sex.

I line up beer bottles(or any kind of bottle, really, or cans) and shoot them. I've also got targets with pictures on them for much the same purpose

I've wanted to throw my iphone at this one brick wall at school.

I hit a heavy bag until I am just spent and fall down. I scream if it's not at night. I hit golf balls or go to the batting cage to smash the shiznit out of them.

ah, hein made me remember my other favorite past time, the gun range. Shooting targets is fun. If the weather is nice then rifle range is good too because I take milk jugs filled with dyed water and watch hollow points rip them open. It's like imagine a body mass shot on a real scumbag without having to shoot and kill anyone.

Generally walls and doors, but lately they have started to crack, the walls that is - so I think we are going to have to move house soon.

Generally walls and doors, but lately they have started to crack, the walls that is - so I think we are going to have to move house soon.

Ou arrumar um terapeuta. :p

I had one of those once, but she decided I wasn't to safe to be around !

Não deve ser uma terapeuta? Excuse the doubts of a non native.

Generally walls and doors, but lately they have started to crack, the walls that is - so I think we are going to have to move house soon. I don't do the smashing thing around the kids...only adults are forced to endure my crap.

Though to be honest, despite your rugby build, I didn't expect you to be the type to be physically expressive.

I punch walls. The plaster walls in my parents house sadly punch back...

Do you?
YES!
Some friends and I were discussing how good it feels sometimes, just losing it.
I'm pretty sure it would feel good.

Even if only
Briefly.

Apparently I'm not the only one who finds the sound of breaking glass to be very, very satisfying. I don't get to hit people anymore, so I have to target the inanimate. Is there anything you like to do, physically, when you just get sick of all the shit?
However, I honestly cannot let go when I feel like smashing things.

For one, I don't want to destroy and wreck my apartment. It's my stuff in there, and even if I didn't care about losing some of my stuff, I'd have to clean up after myself losing it.

But way more importantly than that: I fear what I'd be able to do if I let myself slip and let go of my rage and anger...

This might sound weird, but I do not want to be around when I lose it - because "briefly" might sound great in theory, but practically, I'm not so sure that briefly is indeed brief - and although it's gotten better with mood swings and wanting to destroy, I simply cannot, must not, lose control. Never.

I'd end up doing things I don't want to do and for which I would be very sorry afterwards.

So, no. I do not let go. I channel the fury. The rage. Before it gets the better of me. It's safer for all of us. *nods*

That's just the way it is.


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l love the sound of breaking glass
Especially when I'm lonely
l need the noises of destruction
When there's nothing new
Oh nothing new, sound of breaking glass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8v1MVzIEMY

I can't remember the last time I was in a bad mood, I simply don't seem to get upset, more than one person has commented on the fact that nothing seems to faze me.

Do you?

Some friends and I were discussing how good it feels sometimes, just losing it. Briefly.

I am conditioned to put it in a bottle somewhere every time I have the urge. Sometimes, the bottle is empty, but I don't remember emptying it. Maybe I lost the bottle somewhere.

Do you?

Some friends and I were discussing how good it feels sometimes, just losing it. Briefly. Apparently I'm not the only one who finds the sound of breaking glass to be very, very satisfying. I don't get to hit people anymore, so I have to target the inanimate. Is there anything you like to do, physically, when you just get sick of all the shit?

primal scream therapy.

btw: get a practice wooden sword, wrap the thing up in Styrofoam, find someone who enjoys a good melee, and cry havoc. REALLY lets off the steam!!!

When I get the mood to smash things, I just turn up the tunes. :)

I have no way too vent my frustration and anger. If I did... Damn. Id probably go on a crazy axe-murder killing spree :(

I have no way too vent my frustration and anger. If I did... Damn. Id probably go on a crazy axe-murder killing spree :(

Axes are so last century. A killing spree with a whiffle bat would be far more impressive.

Axes are so last century. A killing spree with a whiffle bat would be far more impressive.

or with one of THESE http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/eparty_2040_115616994

Mechwarrior games usually fit the bill for me when I'm in a rage. I'm rarely in a rage anymore, though. Everything that's made me angry in the last few years has made me sad at the same time.

Axes are so last century. A killing spree with a whiffle bat would be far more impressive.

:p

brilliant response

I've always liked the sound of gunshots impacting/ricocheting off a metal surface - although I haven't fired more than 2 guns in my life so far and never in anger.

Violently twisting bubble-wrap is also very pleasing to me.
:p

Axes are so last century. A killing spree with a whiffle bat would be far more impressive.

''Mikkonen! A man rages in his home, breaks his own stuff. Ain't that a bit of an early nineties, like some depression thingie?''

-Pasila, Inspector Kyösti Pöysti

Não deve ser uma terapeuta? Excuse the doubts of a non native.

Quem é o terapeuta?:confused:

Video games are a non-destructive means of destruction. A 10-minute round of Perfect Dark against Meatsims with explosive weapons is always a good way to release frustration.

Is there anything you like to do, physically, when you just get sick of all the shit?
Doing really negative things doesn't make me feel more positive, so I don't usually break things. I'd rather build things. With hammers. I'm a pretty inherently angry personality -- I know, I know, it doesn't show; nobody ever picks up on that ;) -- and back when I used to demonstrate blacksmithing, I was the most mellow in general that I've ever been in my whole life. Something about spending 7 hours stoking fires and hitting red hot steel with hammers really, really hard, just left me better able to cope with the jackasses of life. I'd really like to get back into that, but it's kind of equipment and zoning intensive.

Failing that, I like to build frames and other stuff for my artwork, or clean/repair/paint my apartment, or if I can't do any of that -- then I want to go to a party or bar with friends and drink martinis.

If none of that is available, then I'll distract myself with movies that have really big, loud, frequent explosions. One of the Transporter or Terminator movies or something with Vin Diesel.

I have no way too vent my frustration and anger. If I did... Damn. Id probably go on a crazy axe-murder killing spree :(

Axe killing sprees might seem a good idea. But running around wildly swinging an axe is even more dangerous than running with scissors. You might have an accident and hurt yourself, leaving an axe-e-dent in your head.

And no-one wants to talk to Mr. sliced head leaky brain.

It's bad enough having to clean up ordinary, everyday messes. If, out of anger, I smash things, I'm the one who has to clean it up - so I don't do it. If I really get that angry, I go for a long walk or drive somewhere (the only problem with driving when I'm angry is that I tend to speed and not pay attention to my surroundings), anything to get away from the thing that pissed me off.

Nowadays, there's not really much that angers me, though. My daughter's in Idaho, my son's in Denver and my husband's an ex and I don't do anything that I don't want to do (except pay bills and clean house, but that's trivia).
Smash Shack (http://www.smashshack.com/)


Me? I put on my Unreal Tournament, grab the sniper rifle, and snipe away!

Do you?

Some friends and I were discussing how good it feels sometimes, just losing it. Briefly. Apparently I'm not the only one who finds the sound of breaking glass to be very, very satisfying. I don't get to hit people anymore, so I have to target the inanimate. Is there anything you like to do, physically, when you just get sick of all the shit?

Haha~ I got so angry for now reason once all I wanted to do was blow $20 on dollar store ornaments, take them to a parking lot and smash the crap outta them... but then I though about all the broken glass... *sigh* damn conscience.

Mostly, kendo works out the aggression in me. Nothing like beating people over the head with sticks XPP

Just my usual passive-aggressive bullshit with anyone lucky enough to give a fuck about what i think.
Then, in the unfailingly predictable manner as is so commonplace, i sift through mental ashes for a few moments and then go for a walk without talking to or listening to anyone.
Just long enough to run into some type of instance where someone has it worse than me, which is also unfailingly predictable in frequency.

I buy a bottle of whisky, and if I'm still mad when it's empty it's fair game for smashing.





Don't try this at home, kids.

I think GTA got mentioned, and if not, i'll mention that. It's best i don't get tempermental when i'm anywhere near my boys. One of them already has most of the same sensitivities as m'self.

It's why they invented clay projectiles and lots and lots of shotgun shells...

It's why they invented clay projectiles and lots and lots of shotgun shells...

What a curious thing that you should print about clay, when i was just reading up on go`al 'enu.

Do you?

Some friends and I were discussing how good it feels sometimes, just losing it. Briefly. Apparently I'm not the only one who finds the sound of breaking glass to be very, very satisfying. I don't get to hit people anymore, so I have to target the inanimate. Is there anything you like to do, physically, when you just get sick of all the shit?

Join the army and let out your rage against all teh ebil moslems.

Join the army and let out your rage against all teh ebil moslems.

...the fuck?

...the fuck?

Conservatism baby! AMERICA FUCK YEAH!!!!

Hey blowing stuff up and shooting stuff is a good way to alleviate stress and other pernicious urges. You can't deny it.

I had one of those once, but she decided I wasn't to safe to be around !

Não deve ser uma terapeuta? Excuse the doubts of a non native.

"Terapeuta" é a mesma palavra para masculino e feminino. É como "tartaruga", não tem "tartarugo", mesmo que haja macho e fêmea. :)

This thread title is pretty much my entire week.

I do smash things, sometimes. I punch things if I'm really upset, or throw eggs at the fence, or take a stick/bat and beat something inanimate and fairly sturdy with it. One thing someone suggested that's pretty good is to go to the thrift store and buy a couple bucks worth of those nauseating little porcelain statues (precious moments?), put them in a trash bag and slam them into the ground. When I can't smash things I drive around and play loud music.

I used to feel like this a lot when I was a teenager, but I didn't know what it was or how to deal with it, so I used to self-injure. I felt like I had too much blood going too fast in my veins, so I guess it made sense to me... plus, endorphins. Now I take it out on the rest of the world and it's much healthier! :p

All the time. The other day at work the stage was so messy, and I was so pissed off, that I was just grabbing all the steel chairs and other crap lying in a mess on the stage and throwing them as hard as I could off the stage, causing some damage :D.

I slam doors. I did it today. The result wasn't good.

I also throw my phone. It's badly beaten.

I assult my piano. One of these days it will issue a protection order against me. *nod*

I assult my piano. One of these days it will issue a protection order against me. *nod*

Take a job with a demolition firm. Then you'll be paid to blow things up and smash them down. You'll never have another stressful day. *nod*

Take a job with a demolition firm. Then you'll be paid to blow things up and smash them down. You'll never have another stressful day. *nod*

Ok, correction: I musically assault my paino.:tongue:

I'm going to have to go with the people who play videogames on this one. It's cathartic in a way.

Yep, its a tradition actually. Every fall me and my friends buy $100 worth of pumpkins and smash them, slash them with various sharp objects, and occasionally we shoot them.

It's not quite as destructive as most of the suggestions so far but I swim........really angrily.

I used to fling my old Beanie babies at the wall. Very satisfying. But since my teenage and high/secondary school days are now over I don't seem to get that urge quite as much... :rolleyes:

Ok, correction: I musically assault my paino.:tongue:

... cat playing piano? :p

... cat playing piano? :p

Indeednya.:wink: