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The easiest way to deal with stress or anger

One of the best ways to deal with stress or anger is to get a conscious control on one of the most basic things we so involuntarily do to survive - breathe!






Controlled breathing basically involves two things - slowing down our breathing, and consciously focusing on it.

Slowing down our breathing ensures that our lungs take in much more oxygen than otherwise, and our muscles start to relax, and that paves the way for quicker stress relief.

And by attempting to focus on breathing, we ensure that our thoughts do not go astray, back to our stress or anger trigger.

Do this consistently for even a few minutes, and you'll see the difference!




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Anger is difficult to control...
by: Paul

I think the most difficult thing about anger is controlling it! When you are angry you really and honestly do not want to control it. As though the principles of Newton's third law applies in the mind's ally, it is a compulsive natural reaction to some triggering "action". How many people would really want to sit back and breathe than whip it out at that point in time? If someone tries to actually stop the reaction, a great amount of force is required, which could be this repeated breathing suggested in the article..I think!

Your article opens this door for discussion and is greatly appreciated.

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Exactly..
by: admin

You are right, Paul, when you said - the most difficult thing about anger is controlling it! And there will be times when expressing anger actually helps the situation.

In fact, some of the techniques to express anger effectively are covered in this website.

However, that is not always the case. Most other times, being angry just aggravates the situation, or at the very least, is of no help in resolving the situation.

It is making that distinction, and working to lessen anger when we need to, that is important.

I think we should not try and force the breathing techniques; but instead the first step would be to take a step back, become consciously aware and acknowledge to ourselves that we are angry (instead of merely reacting to it), and then work towards subsiding it (eg: breathing techniques), with full realization that that's what we want to do.

Thanks a lot, Paul, for your comments! You definitely raised good points to think about.

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that helps..
by: Paul

Your idea of acknowledging that "you are angry" is a great one. It makes me realize that "anger" is a process, in which my consent is involved. For people that are prone to anger, this process is more or less "automated - or my endorsement stamps right on my post anger actions in a fraction of a second" and for people that are not prone to much anger "this process is less automated and they have a little more time to exercise their will or endorse after some delay".

As soon as I realize and acknowledge that I am angry I take away my point of concentration from the source of anger --to-- my being angry --to-- me, my will. Breathing should then be implemented...

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