[Seraphim]

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Originally Posted by Seraphim

Who says? I recently read an anger management book written by a prominent psychologist which advocated these very techniques for dealing with anger. It said that research has shown that bottling up rage does not lead to an explosion and that in fact the best way to handle it is to allow it to dissipate naturally.


Newly fangled nonsense.

It made sense to me. I don't have big anger issues, but inevitably I have had to deal with people who have. I've found that trying to resolve matters just makes them worse. It's definitely better to simply remove oneself from a situation and give them time to cool off.