What do you do when you're nail spitting, blood boiling angry?

How do you calm down? What strategies do you use to let go of the anger? What kinds of things make your REALLY angry?

(PS I'm not angry right now .. but I've been that angry and I just wonder how others deal with it).

I clean........if my house is spotless I am royally PEAVED at something. That is my code word when talking with friends...I always say to my friends "My house is spotless" and they get it!

I also like to take it out at the gym. Today for example was a GREAT work out day

Then again, I sometimes take things more inwardly. For example: when dh is gone a lot, and he's stressed and the kids are all over me and nothing seems to go right, I "deal" quietly and actually start to hibernate a little. I withdraw from friends and family. I stop emailing, stop calling, I don't go out...keep the kids under wraps all day long (no park days, etc)...etc. I am not very good at "faking it" so if asked, I will spew out what is wrong...and sometimes I know better than to reveal too much! LOL (especially with my mother who thinks everything is her fault.... )

God, poor numbers 1-10 just don't suffice for me. I try to isolate myself for a good while, take a blistering hot shower, and then talk things out thoroughly. I get frustrated often, but seldomly do I feel enraged.

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I also clean when I am mad.

If I am work, I just shut my door and play a game of Wheel of Forture that I have on the computer!

It really depends on the situation, but slamming the door shut and screaming in my BR is one way to get it out! Of course, then I have to deal with the guilt of that and will usually get rid of all these feelings by cleaning the house.

I also clean when I'm very stressed-out. My mom used to love exam week at school, the house was always so immaculate!

I also clean when I am mad and or stressed out. I do like to go into my own little " world " and think about it but with a husband and kids that doesn't happen to often It actually worked better when I worked nights, just some alone time to process it all........

I'm a changed person. I used to get pissed at the drop of a hat and hang onto it. Growth through the years has taught me that life is short and me getting red hot made at the stupidity of another or if things don't work out won't change a thing. What's done is done. Now, it's sort of like..."oh, well," and I move on rather easily. It takes a lot now to ruffle my feathers now. Getting boiling mad only hurts me and not usually the other person. Who needs high blood pressure, stress or lingering anger. It makes you sick.

I can't really think of a time I have been that mad!

I did get kind of po'ed at the family once for not picking any thing up and went off by myself shopping for a couple of hours.

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I don't think I get angry but I get very stressed. I like to clean, organize, workout. Sometimes I need a good cry to get it out of my system.

Exercise helps me out when I'm mad. Also time with God and asking for his help. I've been pretty mad at someone since October and it's been a humbling thing for me. I didn't think I had a problem with anger until I had this major issue with someone who I thought would be a life long friend. I've learned a lot about myself and how I just need to leave things with God and how I need to talk less and let Him work things out His way.