And now something good from Reddit! The topic is I dont want to be an angry person, and a sound response from this guy! Give it a read! United States Marine here. They put a pressure cooker in your chest it feels like in that training program. Its the nature of the beast, so I know anger issues. Its a bit hard to cope with now thats Im out. I try to live a more compassionate life nowadays and say I do alright. I hated blowing my top around people that didnt deserve it. So, Ill let you know what Ive done to help out. Theres no magic bullet in life, so set small short goals and change will happen. Even if you dont see it at first, others will. Set aside a few minutes a day to relax and put your mind at ease. After work or gym or whatever, sit down become comfortable in your own skin. During the day, stress will eat away at your conscious mind, putting a pile of distracting thought in your brain. Instead of going for the TV or magazine or even a light mystery novel, just make friends with the voices in your head as they come in. Dont fight them, dont make deals, push them away, and above all else dont talk a back to them. You can spend hours having imaginary arguments with your imagination. It may feel weird at first, but trust me. Make friends with your inner realm at least 5~10 minutes a day. Next, breath control practice. You can do this with the relaxing with yourself bit! This is like a tool you use when you feel the cave man DNA rising. As you start to get frustrated with yourself in your thoughts, just recognize youre getting yourself in trouble, then concentrate on a few big deep, breaths. This is easier if you practice with yourself. When some jerk appears in your life while youre out and about just get go of the ego for a second and take a breath first. Who cares if we has to wait for your response? He will, but should you? He already pissed you off, he can wait two seconds before you make your move. If tact is called for, just tell them, Hey, give me a minute. Recollect then move forward again. When it come to starting over, you need to stop competing with the world and more importantly, yourself! Life is not a competition. Period. There is no extra credit at the end. There are no permanent demerits stamped on your soul that cant be fixed. You exist in an economy that sucks. Every one has trouble finding good work. Even me. Im a double major, Iraq Vet, Eagle scout and my job is spraying seal on asphalt. Life sucks some times..which leads to my final point. You must be here and now. You cant run away from the world and as always, You cant run away from yourself. Id love to go back to the cerebral cortex dealership sometimes, or even a younger pre-devil-dog version of me, and me in a new shiny brain. But, we have to work with what we got. You have to work in this moment. Life is a series of ups and downs. If we spend all our time off away in our imagination or some distant memory as a means to get away from this unfortunate condition, well miss those tenuous moments than make life worth living. Yeah it sucks, but always look for the good bits. They can pass you by if you see yourself as a victim of the world. Anyway, thats a big long thing you can start with. PM me anytime if you need some more pointers. One last thing that really helped me about a year and a half ago when I found it. Its a poem by Chuck Bukowski. Dont think poems are dumb before you check it out, trust me. https://youtube/watch?v=UenpDsYNGvg Chin up, Keep breathing! - Reddit user, Thermavian
Posted on: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 03:10:32 +0000
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