Earlier this morning I had a bit of a fight with my boyfriend. The specifics aren't important but afterwards, even though he apologised, I was still fairly angry and I'm not the easiest person in the world to reason with when I'm in that state of mind.
I realised I needed to calm down or the fight would escalate more than it needed to and it just wouldn't have ended well. So, I put on my i-Pod, walked to Uni, had some coffee and a cigarette and went over the entire situation. I calmed down pretty quickly and the fight seems kind of silly in retrospect.
Anyway, discussion value incoming, I've noticed this is my pattern when I'm trying to calm down. I have some combination of the above four things (listen to music, take a walk, drink some coffee or smoke) and, when I'm calm, I reassess the situation.
So, what about you? Do take a walk? Punch walls? Play games and kill everything in sight? Or are you one of those people who doesn't bother trying to calm down and rages until they can't rage anymore?
I realised I needed to calm down or the fight would escalate more than it needed to and it just wouldn't have ended well. So, I put on my i-Pod, walked to Uni, had some coffee and a cigarette and went over the entire situation. I calmed down pretty quickly and the fight seems kind of silly in retrospect.
Anyway, discussion value incoming, I've noticed this is my pattern when I'm trying to calm down. I have some combination of the above four things (listen to music, take a walk, drink some coffee or smoke) and, when I'm calm, I reassess the situation.
So, what about you? Do take a walk? Punch walls? Play games and kill everything in sight? Or are you one of those people who doesn't bother trying to calm down and rages until they can't rage anymore?