Is Smashing Things a Good Way To Relieve Stress? (Clients of the Anger Room Sure Think So)
SodaHead Living
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
I took a hammer to it for a good 10 minutes
However, I suppose it's a better release than beating on an innocent person or animal.
Don
Yes, damaging something instead of someone is a better choice, if damage is the only way out - it usually isn't, and my comment's made to the majority rather than those few :)
It isn't black and white and that's why I used the word "most"...the word "you" was pointed at them. Not everyone's in control of all life's choices that turn us into angry, swinging juggernauts, and there aren't perfect solutions for release of pent-up distress - I agree my suggestions won't always solve each situation.
My response to the survey is based on my intimate interaction with people who, mostly, would be better off either rearranging their attitude or making changes to their life's conditions. If the percentage of those I've come into contact with, who fit those situations, is representative of those in the general public, my comments in the original message make more practical sense (this is an "opinion" poll).
I definitely understand the urge to lash out - that feeling isn't foreign to me :) but smashing things is a childish reaction and won't clear up the reasons for the stress.
... so schlag ich dir den schädel ein ;)
whoa :) es tut mir leid, vertrau mir :D
All the time.