Anger Management And Kick Boxing

by Destiny
(Tomball, Texas, USA)

I always knew I had anger problems. The smallest thing would make me mad and I would blow up on the person who made me mad and then just start swinging.

The summer before I started high school my anger got real bad. I was sent to juvenile detention for fighting during summer school. There my parole officer suggested I start going to anger management classes.

Two weeks later I was sitting in a smokey room with people of different ages talking about our tempers. I made friends with a really cute guy and he introduced me to kick boxing. It was fun and I was really good at it, plus I got to hang out with this really cute guy for 3 hours everyday!

Two years later I'm done with anger management classes and I'm still in kick boxing. The moral of the story is that you can help your anger--you just have to find what helps you. It may be shooting guns, playing sports, kick boxing, wrestling, or even anger management classes themselves.


Response from Dr. DeFoore

Hello, and thanks for telling your story here.
I appreciate your viewpoint, and I'm glad these methods of release are working for you. I think you also offer some good advice.

My very best to you,

Dr. DeFoore

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