What do you do to calm down when you are angry?
Here are some of the responses that were received:
Sleep
Pray and ask for God’s forgiveness
Take deep breathes, retire to isolation for a little while
Watch movies, preferably of heroic nature.
Talk to the kids
Spray around flower fragrance or perfume
Party with close friends
Count downward from 100
Splash cold water on the face
Watch self on the mirror
Take deliberate effort to get into a romantic mood
Ablution or prepare for a Muslim prayer
Not to talk at all for some time
Drink coffee and listen to music
Relax, lie down
Chew on a hot chilly
Try to rationalize the situation to dissipate the tension
Try to be jocular
Write
Meditate
Curse in isolation
Punch on a punching bag
Bite own hand
Ignore source of anger
* Source: Writer-journalist Ekram Kabir’s facebook page