How can i control my anger with out medicine?!
Question: How can i control my anger with out medicine?
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Outdoor exercise-walking or jogging, along with a healthy diet, such as 'The South Beach Diet' By: Arthur Agatston M.D. helps a great deal wih our emotional states.
*Thubten Chodron has an excellent book out called: "Working With Anger" which discusses the idea of mind, how to recognize anger and its causes, the disadvantages of anger, training in patience: cultivating patience, compassion and loving-kindness, coping with criticism, what to do when our buttons are pushed, letting go of grudges and resentment, and wisdom that relaxes the mind.
Also, recommend practicing mindfulness meditation daily. Mindfulness meditation mainly has two purposes. The first step is to develop mental concentration. The second is to gain 'insight' into the nature of things through 'mindfulness, awareness, vigilance and observation.' Meditation is intended 'to purify the mind'. It cleanses the thought process of what can be called psychic irritants, things like impatience, stress, anxiety, fear, anger, hatred, unforgiveness, resentment, etc. - things that keep us snarled up in emotional bondage, and produces traits like lovingkindness, patience, compassion, sympathetic joy, equanimity and wisdom. 'It brings the mind to a state of tranquility and awareness, to a state of concentration and insight'.
Andrew Weiss teaches Mindfulness Meditation in his book: *"Beginning Mindfulness: Learning The Way of Awareness". It teaches Walking Meditation, Lovingkindness Meditation, Mindfulness Meditation, Tonglin: the Art of Practicing Compassion and Mindfulness in Everyday Life.
Meditation is probably the single most important thing you can do. If you live in city of decent size, there should be a Buddhist center around that can teach you how to meditate. Look into Yoga / Tai Chi classes. Exercise regularly, eat healthy, and get good sleep.