Baseball Bash!

On Tuesday I was in the locker room and some girls were really upset. They were excited to get together with some guys on the baseball team to go hit baseballs in the batting cages. When I asked them why they were to fired up to go hit balls, they said, "it's the best way to get rid of your anger! Anytime you just need to let it all out, go just smash some baseballs!" Then, the other girl preceeded to say, "it feels so good to just let it all out!" While I don't think they were as upset as they seemed to joke about, they did seem pretty confident that letting all your anger out is solving the problem....that was until I laughingly told them that it's actually a myth - it's actually dangerous. Then we all had a good laugh because I think it made sense to them. As we learned in class, letting out anger is not the way to solve a conflict, but rather figuring out the process within the conflict and quickly resolving the issue. Letting out anger only temporarily feels good but the deeper issue is still stewing and building up, waiting for another opportunity for blowout.