How do you vent your frustration?

[ViperGTS]

Personally, I like to work out. It's a good and strenuous activity that uses alot of energy, and tires me the hell out when I go at it with a vengeance.
How about you?

 

[Krokus]

Dance. Dancing is the ultimate ice breaker for me. I forget everything else, and just do my thing. It's a great feeling.

 

[Haltickling]

Depends on the frustration intensity. Sometimes, I just shout "SHIT!!!" in a voice volume which could make a drill sergeant jump. On rare occasions, I throw things (I own a rich collection of broken coffee pots), and sometimes I just go to the TMF and post a rant...

 

[ShadowTklr]

I lie in wait for my wife to return home, then jump her, tie her up and tickle her senseless. I don't know why, but it works wonders. 😎

 

[qjakal]

The Gym

Yup, also use weights and racquetball or a good run/walk/bike when I get ticked off too badly. It's been a bad few weeks and the guys I play racquetball with are suffering for it...lol. I'd *rather* use Shadowtklrs method, but there's resistance.

Q

 

[giggleygirl25]

childish as it sounds, i like to color in coloring books to calm down...it doesn't always work, if it doesn't i usually scream really loudly or throw things

 

[TicklishSinner]

punch inanimate objects, or go running

 

[The Sean Man]

I exercise, play videogames, or watch "Animal House".

The Sean Man

 

[His Divine Shadow]

Put on the headphones, grab the dog, and go take a walk. Gets his furry butt out of the house, and after an hour or so, all the anger just flows out.

 

[Flatfoot]

I either growl and scream as loudly as I can until I give myself a headache, punch a solid part of the wall, throw something(not usually, because afterwards I get pissed off even more if I ended up breaking something.), or smoke a cigarette. Oh yeah, if I don't seem to have any other outlet, I also pace around back and forth, seething and mumbling angrily.

 

[terorizer]

It may sound funny, but I whine and complain in my head for a couple of minutes. If it's bad, I crank up some music or riff on my piano or guitar. I should record the stuff... funny how fast I can play when I'm blowing off steam! LOL

 

[Celtic_Emperor]

I'll pace about and talk and rant (in my mind) and if no one is around me when I do this, which is always the case, I'll talk aloud to myself as I pace. Sometimes spouting vulgarities or obscenities (which is something I never do around other people or even with myself without a reason). If I'm mad at a person or something like that and I don't particularly get along with that person or they annoy me to no end I'll imagine myself beating the $hit out of them till their bloodied, wimpering and moaning in pain and begging me to stop. I only visualize these sorts of things if I'm really steamed, and thats not often. Its just usually the common things that get us all flustered that I do something about. Sometimes I'll just make up stuff in my mind, different scenarios and what not, and then play them out in my mind as I pace, sometimes swinging my fists about and kicking to simulate it all.

Sometimes I draw when I'm angry or frustrated. And while one would think you'd be too angry or distracted to draw well enough, sometimes it just so happens that I'll produce a really good picture. If not because of my skills alone, then because of the adhrenaline, or a combination of both.

 

[Celtic_Emperor]

Or I'll play a violent video game. I don't own many though, so I'll substitute that for a wrestling game like Smackdown! or something. Thats usually a fun and effective way to deal with the frustration. And with this game you can create your own wrestler and have it made in your likeness. Then its extra rewarding when you beat the crap out of an AI or human opponent.

 

[tklgal226]

take headphone, blast rock mucis, and walk a few miles...i feel a lot better after that...a lil deaf, but better 😉

~clair

 

[giantfan121262]

I always like going to the gym. I am addicted to working out but with the way work has been, I have been going through "withdrawal". I, like Q, love to play racquetball when I get pissed. The best therapy is when I am warming up and practicing my shot. Just hitting the ball as hard as I can about 10 times does wonders for my disposition.

If I can't find anybody to play racquetball with, then it's the weights who "suffer".

 

[ShadowTklr]

Or I'll play a violent video game.

ShadowTklr formerly said "I lie in wait for my wife to return home, then jump her, tie her up and tickle her senseless. I don't know why, but it works wonders.”

Oooo! Ooooo! I want to change my answer! I agree with Celtic. I LOVE putting on my Halo video game and shooting those little grunt bastards in the face when I'm frustrated. Sometimes I even forget to untie my wife. 😎

 

[the_Baron]

i repress it with pills!

 

[crydun]

I'm thinking of taking up boxing(the heavybag kind) to vent. I've been full of angst lately. Otherwise, I just write