How does one release anger and frustration?

Walk it off.

Attach yourself to a vacuum, a squeegee, sponge or paintbrush and clean your house,wash your windows and repaint your living room.

You can work off a massive, seething inner rage. But that does nothing to work off what brought that storm into being. Forgiveness is the answer to disposing of anger and frustration in a way that prevents it just rebuilding. As Mark Twain said, “Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”

Bear in mind also that releasing it, forgiving, does not equal forgetting. As John Kennedy aptly observed, “Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”

Power tools used intermittently with large amounts of elbow grease and painfully focused deliberation can lead to some lovely refinished furniture.

I usually discover (after much righteous pissedness) that I’m at least partly to blame. It takes a bit of introspection and a bunch of “fuck you!” for me to come around to “Shit. I’m an asshole too.”

Then, I can talk about it.

I’m usually the asshole

smoke a lil bud.

Do what makes you happy

go to boxing class

Just ignoring all the stuff of discussion because one of my friend have a same problem & I suggested him same and I think it works. Also, you may take a help from your close friend who’ll understand you & remind you about your goal to control such problem.

Meditation helps.
And you do not have to sit crosslegged in the middle of a room chanting to meditate, it can be done in many settings particularly when you have a repetetive task that you can do without much thought or mental input, things like sweeping or vaccuming (think of the old Zen saying “Before Enlightenment chop wood carry water, after Enlightenment, chop wood carry water.”).

My personal me time is cleaning the pool. There is something relaxing about scooping out the leaves, you learn not to obsess with getting every one on the first go-round. It cannot be done and they are always there waiting for you on the next time around the edge. I can circle the pool several times before I get the majority out and the entire time I am mentally relaxing.

I purge the anger and frustration most effectively through vocal release – whether primal scream or singing along at the top of my lungs to the original Alice In Chains recordings.

I find that I process the emotion and the underlying feelings that cause me to react so strongly by writing. I usually write quickly at first to get it all out, then I start to calm down and I will contemplate those deeper issues and the perspectives of the others involved. I re-read what I’ve written and respond to that, as well. Doing this has helped me recognize patterns in my behavior and to make some changes so that issues are addressed early on so they don’t build up and explode.

I usually vent for a bit, might be an hour, days, or weeks, depending on the situation, and then I try to put myself in the other person’s place and let it go.

Go somewhere private and distant from anyone and scream. Then ask yourself why you are angry. Think about why you are allowing something to piss you off, and what you can do to not have it happen again.

And get some physical exercise to burn off your stress that contributes to your anger.

Hard physical labor. And as you start to get worn out realize the other party didn’t make you angry. You let yourself be angry.

I sometimes call one of my best friends and just ask, “Can I rant for a few minutes?” I’ll unload whatever is making me itch, they listen and offer advice if I ask for it, and I feel better.

I use physical exercise. A brisk walk, or a run, or lifting weights, even some vigorous yard-work. Weed-whacking is a great outlet for frustration and anger.

Do any activity that uses your muscles hard: kneading bread; pounding nails; walking very fast; swimming fast; throwing a ball; chopping wood; dancing; wedging clay; jumping on a trampoline. What ever you choose, do it as hard as you can and as long as you can.

Halo

@rojo My daughter prefers Black Ops, and I used to use World of Warcraft as another tool.

I would suggest eating something nice, or doing something that you like to do, and listening to exciting music for a while. Maybe rock, or metal, I’m not sure. And then, halfway through, change it to classical, or quiet music you like, and just allow yourself to relax. You’ll probably get mad again, but I think it’ll be easier to think about it rationally after the first time.