Psychology
Write down your thoughts and shred them to relieve anger, researchers say
- Writing negative reactions on paper and shredding it or scrunching and throwing in the bin eliminates angry feelings, study finds
Caroline Davies — Tue 9 Apr 2024 09.40 EDT
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Since time immemorial humans have tried to devise anger management techniques.
In ancient Rome, the Stoic philosopher Seneca believed “my anger is likely to do me more harm than your wrong” and offered avoidance tips in his AD45 work De Ira (On Anger).
More modern methods include a workout on the gym punchbag or exercise bike. But the humble paper shredder may be a more effective – and accessible – way to decompress, according to research.
A study in Japan has found that writing down your reaction to a negative incident on a piece of paper and then shredding it, or scrunching it into a ball and throwing it in the bin, gets rid of anger.
“We expected that our method would suppress anger to some extent,” said Nobuyuki Kawai, lead researcher of the study at Nagoya University. “However, we were amazed that anger was eliminated almost entirely.”
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Have to try this and see if it helps.
“Income tax”.
Printed and shredded!
Didn’t help!!!
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