Is Smashing Things a Good Way To Relieve Stress? (Clients of the Anger Room Sure Think So)
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2012/05/13 00:28:56
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Have you ever had such a bad day that you just wanted to break something? Or maybe throw a piece of furniture across the room? Well, now a Texas entrepreneur has devised a socially acceptable way for you to spew your rage.
The Anger Room is the brainchild of Donna Alexander, who first launched the business out of her garage. Friends seeking to relieve stress would come over and take baseball bats to old junk in the room. When word got out about what they were doing, strangers began to show up and demand became too much to handle. That’s when Alexander decided to turn the Anger Room into a legitimate business.
The Anger Room is the brainchild of Donna Alexander, who first launched the business out of her garage. Friends seeking to relieve stress would come over and take baseball bats to old junk in the room. When word got out about what they were doing, strangers began to show up and demand became too much to handle. That’s when Alexander decided to turn the Anger Room into a legitimate business.
Now when clients come to the Anger Room’s new location in a Dallas strip mall, they are decked out in safety goggles and helmets to protect themselves. They then enter a room filled with old furniture and electronics, arranged to look like an office, bedroom, or kitchen. Once inside, anything is fair game. You can smash, break, throw, and destroy to your heart’s content.
If you want, you can also take out relationship stress on mannequins. Alexander told a Dallas TV station that some customers “put pictures on them, write on them, and then they try to beat the crap out of them.”
Anger Room sessions are available in three time options: “I need a Break!”—$25 for 5 minutes; “Lash Out”—$45 for 15 minutes; and “Total Demolition”—$75 for 25 minutes. The rates are pretty affordable considering you don’t have to collect the items or do any of the setup and cleanup.
Read More: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/05/12/go-ahead-smash...
Top Opinion
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chamchamgal 2012/05/13 02:13:53
So the best thing to do when angry is to leave wherever you are and go somewhere quiet, calming yourself down.
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It does help./
We used to have Dammit Dolls. They look like these and come with a paper that says when things go wrong, just grab and smash, yelling dammit, dammit, dammit.
ANYTHING to relieve stress.
Yes I love it to this topic..
People who are prone to such behavior should have a 'Dammit Doll'.
If a person is still in a rage after getting to that anger room there is something seriously wrong with the person's emotional development.
one of the best methods ever. There's something very enjoyable about causing severe damage to inanimate objects, it kind of gives you the satisfaction you've won the battle since everything has been destroyed lol.
Always works well for me anyways, its a great stress reliever and a good way to take your anger out on something in a harmless way
:)
I personally enjoy letting it out on a punching back. The bag isn't destroyed (which means endless use), my stress gets let out, and I can get a fantastic full body cardio workout.