Does the dish-smashing scandal disgust you? In vain. Psychologists believe that broken dishes are much better than aggression hidden deep inside. Emotions should get a way out, even negative ones!
On the benefits of whipping dishes
From a physiological point of view, breaking dishes during intense anger or other stressful conditions is very beneficial. When a person is in strong excitement, the content of "anxiety hormones" - adrenaline and norepinephrine - increases sharply in the body. This brings the body into a state of readiness for intense physical action - such are the features of physiology.
If physical activity does not occur, then the nervous tension remains and the body returns to normal mode much more slowly. Thus, it is better if the body gets the opportunity to "vent anger" on some object.
Finding an alternative
Of course, the dishes are a pity. And getting into a fight is a way out, perhaps physiological, but far from the best from the point of view of ethics and personal safety. To give an opportunity to calm down the raging hormones, it is necessary to find a more harmless object for the application of forces. For example, you can:
- to tear up newspapers;
- to throw obviously unbreakable objects;
- start a punching bag and thresh it from the heart;
- use a pillow or a back of the sofa instead of a pear.
And you can also arrange pillow fights with the offender, and then there is a high probability that the quarrel will gradually turn into a fun game, after which it is so easy to find a way to reconciliation!
