Anger management
The reason I over vent
Most often, I over vent whenever I am angry because I need the urgent need to get things right and solve a problem. I have a bad feeling about a situation or whenever someone wrongs me, and I feel an urgent need to get my feelings known. It is true that just like the subject in the video, it feels relaxing, but with time, it gets worse, and the more I vent, the more I need to vent next time on a higher scale of intensity (Soothing the Savage Beast [Video], n.d.).
A time when I was outraged and how I handled that anger
I remember when I fought with my spouse, and we started engaging in verbal conflict. It was hurting, and as a result, I burst with anger and walked out, slamming the door and breaking things on my way out in utter disappointment. I realized that If the argument continued, I would have resorted to the use of violence because I over anger. However, with time, I calmed down, felt better and regretted my actions and apologized to my spouse. I felt that there was a need that I should have handled the situation in a calmer way rather than resorting to an outburst, which made things worse.
Feeling of catharsis when I vent
I feel relieved for a while when I get a punching bag and vent out my anger. It is like releasing a bottled up feeling on an object and not a person. However, as evidenced in the subject video, in the long term, I did not get less angry (Soothing the Savage Beast [Video], n.d.). In fact, it became a habit as I always wanted to get a punching bag to vent out my frustrations. Based on the video, I have learned that I need to change my mindset, and instead of getting a punching bag, I should remain calm and think before acting because failing to think does not solve the problem in the first place.
References
Soothing the Savage Beast [Video]. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://online.fiu.edu/videos/?vpvid=c9aee144-abe5-44c5-9d1e-8ce2ae0f4833