I'm calling BS here... I regularly take out frustrations on a punching bag in a cardio kickboxing class... It's insanely cathartic. And I'm as calm as a Buddhist monk when I'm done.
The idea is to focus your frustrations on the bag, and use the excess brain power to solve your problems.... BTW: Withdrawl sucks.... I've been there... not with cigs. It will get better. Hang in there. -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC. 27616 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebworks.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/sstwebworks Boycott Sys-Con http://www.sstwebworks.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/10/16/Boycotting-SysCon -----Original Message----- From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 1:39 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: hot headed.. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 5:56 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: hot headed.. > > the just want to fight part is normal for nicotine withdrawal; at > least I had it. How are you doing on quitting? the cutting down > scenario just prolongs the agony in my opinion. Suggestions? Well -- > maybe a punching bag? Just to throw in: something like a punching bag generally won't help with actual hostile feelings. The idea that you can "get it all out" on a bag (or a pillow or a doll or whatever) is pretty much a myth: in actual fact you maintain anger longer and actually increase the violent drive ("stoking the fire" as it were). If you MUST hit something then a bag is good idea, but it won't calm you down. And beating a bag until your plain exhausted solves the problem in another way. Unfortunately the best way to control anger is to just calm down - easier said than done. Listen to music, take a walk (or a swim or a run), look at pictures of basset hound puppies. In this case tho' it doesn't sound like you're REALLY upset - you're in withdrawal. Honestly I'd just let everybody around you that you'll be hell on wheels for a while until it works through. Apologize profusely and often in advance and weather the storm. I agree with Dana completely tho' - just go cold turkey. The only addiction remaining to me is food... damn I wish I go cold turkey from that. Ummmmmmmm. Cold Turkey.... Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:248239 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
