Is it normal to break things out of anger?

This is a question that I ask because I break glass out of anger, even when people go pushing my buttons I go ahead and break random things.

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Based on 22 votes (7 yes)
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  • SwickDinging

    My kids have tended to grow out of that by around age 3 or 4.

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  • momgetthecamera

    exercise

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    • LloydAsher

      Yep. Break your body not random objects, your body gets stronger at the end of the day and you didnt break shit that you have to replace!

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  • dirtybirdy

    I used to all the time but I'm ok now...

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  • Ellenna

    I used to do that a lot, but I never broke anything I valued or anyone else's property.

    When my daughter was an angry teenager I even worked out a protocol for it: I saved old china so either of us could have what I named "Chuckin china" sessions, with rules like do it safely for yourself and others and clean up your own mess afterwards.

    Very therapeutic!

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  • Boojum

    People (assuming they have any degree of intelligence) tend to stop smashing stuff like an overgrown toddler having a meltdown when the only stuff around for them to smash is stuff they had to buy with their own hard-earned money.

    If you truly believe that your emotions are an uncontrollable force over which you have no control and you therefore aren't really responsible for deciding to destroy things when you're having a temper tantrum, then you either need to decide to grow the fuck up and start owning your actions or you need psychiatric help.

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    • leggs91200

      Yeah, when you have to ear something, you tend to take care of it unless it is no longer needed. Even then, having a tantrum is something we grow out of usually so breaking stuff out of anger is pointless.

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  • Ummitsstillme

    Yes men often want to break things and punch walls during anger. It is a strength and point with always to be made with testosterone. Don't ever touch girls.

    Don't listen to crazy bitches that wan't to insist you buy a boat instead of rent.

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  • YE

    https://youtu.be/5dmQ3QWpy1Q

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    • leggs91200

      crappy music like that could drive people to break random things.

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  • Jamie_Sulky

    I get that when you get angry you lash out, and its sometimes better to do it to thing in your room rather then people. I'm not a physical person but there were times I punched walls or such and had to deal with bloody knuckles, and I get it everyone deals with anger a different way. But its not necessarily a good thing. I would say it's normal but is something you should try to minimize or better stop entirely. there are much healthier ways of getting that anger out, like maybe boxing, any type of sports, music. I get that when your so upset you throw your shit or whatever but it really should be rare and even then is not a good look.

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    • YE

      Music does it for me. I'd be locked up, ill with some terminal STI, or long committed suicide if I had not discovered my hobby of collecting 'good' music to listen to in my 'ME TIMES'.

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  • Tommythecaty

    Yes, I’ve been through anger management twice. I used to break something right away because it would stop me doing so to a human at best, at worst stop an indiscriminate killing spree. When something has truly crossed a line I would impulsively act, no threats. I get what people who know would describe as the “chill” come over me. But like most people I’ve mellowed a lot with age, you just start to think first, that foggy possession clears.

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  • RoseIsabella

    I'm not a fan of breaking things.

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  • litelander8

    I smash everything.

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    • have_a_good_day

      even pumpkins?

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      • YE

        TODAY

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      • litelander8

        Not often.

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        • have_a_good_day

          YOU SIT ON A THRONE OF LIES

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  • my_life_my_way

    Same. Just get some cheap dishes/glassware that you can break or get a cheap car you can crash. I usually just go somewhere quiet and scream until I don’t feel angry anymore or I crash (or rather, lightly bump) my cheap, shitty car in ways that won’t be permanently damaging to me or the thing I'm crashing into.

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  • Take risperidone for ur anger problems.

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  • FromTheSouthWeirdMan

    When I broke something my dad would break my face. I never punched holes in walls or anything for that reason. But about 4 years ago I was arguing with the wife and picked up a side table and slammed it to the ground making it fly into pieces. Thats the only thing I can remember breaking.

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    • leggs91200

      Being married is one of those situations that makes normal, sane people lose their minds and do crazy stuff.

      I have not felt the need to break anything out of anger since I got divorced 10 years ago.

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