Cagedbird, I was thinking about your post yesterday. When I was a kid growing up in the 70s, my parents were involved in a lot of 'new age' stuff. They were good parents who worked hard to become better people. My dad could have a really angry side to him, which he worked on a lot. One of the things his therapist had him do was to cut a length of garden hose and go out and beat on the woodpile! Us kids would hear Dad out there whacking on the woodpile and yelling "HAAAAHH!" To this day, there are lots of family jokes about dad's 'therapy.'
Yesterday I felt so angry. So I cut a section of old garden hose and went out and whacked on my own woodpile. Nobody was home and thank goodness I live out in the country with few neighbors around. I beat on the woodpile and yelled a lot. I felt so silly....and so much better. It got me thinking that there must be some good ways to release this tension (better than woodpile beating) that I need to look into. What are good physical ways to vent?