Anna from True Life: I Need Anger Management has some advice she wanted me to pass on. It’s a must-read for those of you with a similar prob…

Here are some things that I do when I feel a temper tantrum coming on. In order to prevent myself from landing in a penitentiary on assault charges (lol) these are some things that really help me feel much better. I hope it’s useful to other people as well:

1) EAT!!! I loveeee food, I think it’s one of the best parts of life. I’m like a fat person trapped in a skinny girl’s body. Eating calms me down pretty quickly, and once I’m done with my meal I’m too full and satisfied to get all bent out of shape again. However, I have very fast metabolism and I don’t gain any weight, so this method might not work so well for people who are watching their weight.

2) Plug in my iPod. Music is therapeutic and there’s always at least one song out there that can accurately describe whatever it is that you’re feeling at the moment. I just turn up the volume and get lost in the lyrics and the melodies.

3) Alone time. Sometimes I just need time to myself. I don’t want people all up in my face asking me what’s wrong or just being straight up nosy. And often if you’re feeling angry and there’s many people around you, the odds are you’re going to take your frustrations out on them even if they may not have anything to do with it.

4) Beat up on something. Not a person or an animal or anything. And don’t do like Johnny and hit a steel telephone booth (lmao). Sometimes I just start punching my bed, my pillows. Buy one of those hand grip things and squeeze that.

5) Go out with friends. Nothing beats going over to a friend’s house and just hanging out, watching tv and eating pizza, gabbing all night long. Or going to the movies, dancing, dining, whatever interests you. Keep yourself busy and in a positive setting so that the negativity can just melt away.