Not to overly involve me in this debate of wall hitting, I have never been taught to have a client punch a wall in any of the Anger Management training I have had. My reasons for not doing so are the potential for injury to the hand and a possible lead into escalation to hitting someone. In addition, a hand injury could keep people off work and kids out of sports which is detrimental to holistic well-being, which is what I aimed for with my clients, both kids and adults.
Food for thought?
The image of an angry person punching a hole in the wall is pretty common in movies and TV, but that doesn't necessarily mean it should be happening in real life.
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Good stuff, I respect your views and advice always. I may not have had the best Therapists when in my teens..lol..I know a few others as well that also had this explained and taught to them.
BTW, i have zero anger issues now, i am quite the opposite, i will react when disrespected and put into a corner or antagonized to the point of pretty much no return.
HOWEVER, when i was in my early years up until about 17 yrs old, i was out of control, no need to go into details, but it was bad. I was taught to remove myself and my rage was so bad it would not end for many hours at times.
I was taught to stop hitting people, and go to the bush and yell, lol..True story, hit an object if need be, not a Wall per se, but anything that would allow me to vent that full cup of steam off. I had several techniques i utilized and they sometimes worked, sometimes i was expelled from school, to the point i was kicked out of 3 different schools and 2 full school divisions. It was a heck of a time in my life.
I grew out of it, and utilized techniques, and went to gym and took classes for defense and offense and on and on. Became someone that rarely, if ever loses control, and if i do...I beat myself up more than anyone else ever could mentally, dissapointed with myself and feel like i lost.
When i am put in a situation, i stay in control and wait and wait and then when i can no longer talk or reason my way around it, i do what i need to do.
That is a very rare occasion. BUT, i also do not hang out with the same group in the same places i did, where at times you do not have a choice.
The tactics and teachings over many, many years helped, gym helped, classes for defense and offense helped and maturing and forgiving, and letting shit go also helped.
Either way, i am just saying...Not to be right... but saying these techniques were taught to me, and i know several others taught similar techniques by other therapists not the same one as me.
Anyway, i have never been a jealous person, never been a controlling person, never been any of the other items in the top article, i had my own things going on, and worked through them, but i was very normal and well behaved in respect for people, and ladies and overall good fella..Until my chink in my armor was disturbed..It is no longer a chink...
I absolutely do not feel in some cases it is a maturity issue, it is however a deep rooted thing that some folks carry with them. Some take control and utilize the energy positively;y like myself in career and gym, and hobbies and life. Some have not taken that path and end up in trouble and need help and techniques and assistance from experienced. It is not a simple thing for many..
