Today I learned that frustration puts you on the road to self destruction.

                                                             

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Frustration- the feeling of being upset or annoyed, especially because of inability to change or achieve something.

Ever been so frustrated that it messes up your whole week?  That eerie feeling of anger and stress ,while your heart is racing and you feel as if you can just kill everyone in front of you...... before you self destruct.

All those feelings mixed up into one enormous emotion that causes you to have destructive thoughts and become instantly fluent in sarcasm. That feeling where you feel so helpless and hopeless that you lose all self-control and start screaming like a mad person...

                      

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I think most of us have been there.  To a point of such utter frustration that we just absolutely lose it, or just give up.   Sometimes it helps to throw a tantrum and rant a little,  but if the cause of the frustration is still there, then it is extremely difficult to get past this feeling. If you are in such a position, then you need to learn how to work past your frustration otherwise life is going to become very difficult to handle.

                                                              

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How to get past that feeling and how to handle frustration

It is extremely difficult to get past this feeling.  Especially if the frustration is build onto other frustrations and then it turns you into a horrible person who can snap at any moment.  

                                                        

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So before you hurt someone or hurt yourself it is absolutely necessary to use the following techniques to calm you down and relax a little bit.  

1.  Practice stress management breathing techniques.  

Relaxed regulated breathing changes the  chemistry of the brain.  Focused breathing can help you avoid rash words and impulsive actions. Take a deep breath and count slowly up to five.  While breathing out, count back words. If the feeling does not subside, then do this again until you feel calm.  

2.  Count to ten, hell count to a hundred if you have to!

3.  Avoid being triggered.  

If you know what triggers your frustration, try and avoid it at all costs.  If the feeling overwhelms you, immediately go back to number one. 

4.  Take up a new sport like kickboxing.  

 Kickboxing is a group of stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from  Karate, Muay Thai, Khmer Boxing, and Western boxing. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, general fitness, or as a contact sport. 

Kickboxing is a great stress reliever!  Imagine the face of your frustration on the punching bag and kick the living daylights out of that bag.  

                   

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 Conclusion

In the end your frustration is in fact nothing more than you NOT getting what you want.  Frustration is NOT always a bad thing, it could be a great motivator, and can help you identify problem areas in your life. 

Frustration is only a bad thing when you turn into an irritated, annoyed and angry human being.  Identify the problem areas in your life. Make the necessary changes.

Before you land up somewhere that you will regret.  Regret is even worse than frustration. 

                                                          

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