This may have occurred to you, but it seems too obvious not to suggest—do stress release devices help at all? A punching bag seems to me to be a good idea.
not hitting anything > hitting a punching bag > hitting a human
The danger of the “punching bag therapy” applied uncritically is teaching you that when you feel angry, the correct reaction is to hit something. So if possible, self-control is the first choice. Only if not possible (or not probable), hitting the bag is the safer option.
This may have occurred to you, but it seems too obvious not to suggest—do stress release devices help at all? A punching bag seems to me to be a good idea.
I tried it for while but could never be bothered to do it consistently. Maybe I should try again.
I was thinking more that whenever you got the urge to hit yourself, you could just hit the punching bag instead.
not hitting anything > hitting a punching bag > hitting a human
The danger of the “punching bag therapy” applied uncritically is teaching you that when you feel angry, the correct reaction is to hit something. So if possible, self-control is the first choice. Only if not possible (or not probable), hitting the bag is the safer option.
That’s certainly true (related). But hitting a punching bag is orders of magnitude better than hitting yourself.