My anger issues get in the way of a lot of things and can cause a lot of trouble. Such as breaking cell phones or yelling at people for no apparent reason. So what fuels this the most, people who insult me and just yank at my nerves. That gets me very fired up.
So for my adventure, i have decided to go for a "psychological adventure". In order for it to be this type of adventure it must include the following:
1) Confront a known psychological phenomenon the adventurer possess, such as anger.
2) Offer personal growth and knowledge.
3) Actively pursued by the adventurer
4) Expressible as a personal goal.
What can i possibly do to confront my anger issues? Yeah, I had trouble with that too, but the more I thought about it the better i began to understand it. I decided on a "roast" of myself. Not like with the celebrities where everyone is laughing and having a good time, but the one where I actually get insulted and pushed to my breaking point. I want to be able to get to that point and just not break, just calm down and control myself. That is what i have the hardest time doing, calming down. If i can just control my anger and get past the breaking point then I will have accomplished my personal goal of remaining calm, and i will have confronted the anger issue and faced it.
The planning behind this adventure is pretty straight forward. All I need is to get a group of people of say five or more of people who actually know me to get up and insult me anyway they can. No hard feelings toward them will come out of it, but more of a learning opportunity. Preparation would be simple too, all i would need to do is set up in a living room with some chairs and just the people would come together and push me to my breaking point.
I plan on doing this on the weekend of September 24th when everyone will be free and willing to come and bash on me. Now this could go one of two ways, really bad or really good, at this point who knows. But lets just hope it goes in the better direction of turning out really good.
The documentation of this adventure is very easy. I will document it by filming the entire roast, so i can get every minute of it, from the beginning where it all seems funny and just a good time, to the end where someone has said something to set me off.
I hope to grow from this experience and am able to learn to control my anger. I don't like being angry over such small things but at the same time its so hard to control it. So this will be a good adventure for me to experience and grow from, its an adventure for the fact of me confronting my emotion of anger, gaining knowledge, pursuing the actual goal, and lastly meeting or even not meeting my goal.
Really interesting idea, Ethan!~
ReplyDeleteI think a little more detail/thought into your definition will help a lot in teh long run. There isn't much to the "filters" that reflects a focus on the psychological. More detail in those filters will help you think about your experience in a more specific way... I can help...