Dr. Ryan Martin

And it's like the way you practice something is how you'll do things in life. And if you practice your anger that way, well, then someday when you're mad, you're not going to control yourself and you're going to hit someone. You're going to punch someone. You're going to go after them. And so it ends up having those kinds of long-term harmful consequences. Damn, dude.

And it's like the way you practice something is how you'll do things in life. And if you practice your anger that way, well, then someday when you're mad, you're not going to control yourself and you're going to hit someone. You're going to punch someone. You're going to go after them. And so it ends up having those kinds of long-term harmful consequences. Damn, dude.

And it's like the way you practice something is how you'll do things in life. And if you practice your anger that way, well, then someday when you're mad, you're not going to control yourself and you're going to hit someone. You're going to punch someone. You're going to go after them. And so it ends up having those kinds of long-term harmful consequences. Damn, dude.

God, I just— People don't like to hear this, by the way. When I talk about this on—just a couple weeks ago, I talked about this on Instagram, and wow. I mean, new research comes out, 150-plus studies. It's an article by a guy named Dr. Brad Bushman, who's a huge monster anger researcher and aggression researcher in the field.

God, I just— People don't like to hear this, by the way. When I talk about this on—just a couple weeks ago, I talked about this on Instagram, and wow. I mean, new research comes out, 150-plus studies. It's an article by a guy named Dr. Brad Bushman, who's a huge monster anger researcher and aggression researcher in the field.

God, I just— People don't like to hear this, by the way. When I talk about this on—just a couple weeks ago, I talked about this on Instagram, and wow. I mean, new research comes out, 150-plus studies. It's an article by a guy named Dr. Brad Bushman, who's a huge monster anger researcher and aggression researcher in the field.

And he does this study and he looks at 154 studies over time, approximately, and finds that across all these studies, what does work is when you find ways to relax, to decrease arousal in the moment, right? Grounding, deep breaths, all that stuff. What doesn't work is when you raise arousal, right? You break stuff. Of course, I share this on Instagram.

And he does this study and he looks at 154 studies over time, approximately, and finds that across all these studies, what does work is when you find ways to relax, to decrease arousal in the moment, right? Grounding, deep breaths, all that stuff. What doesn't work is when you raise arousal, right? You break stuff. Of course, I share this on Instagram.

And he does this study and he looks at 154 studies over time, approximately, and finds that across all these studies, what does work is when you find ways to relax, to decrease arousal in the moment, right? Grounding, deep breaths, all that stuff. What doesn't work is when you raise arousal, right? You break stuff. Of course, I share this on Instagram.

Nobody wants to hear that.

Nobody wants to hear that.

Nobody wants to hear that.

Nobody wants to hear that.

Nobody wants to hear that.

Nobody wants to hear that.

Yeah. Well, I think arousal is a great term too to use because that's what's going on. Right. You are at a heightened state of arousal. Right. And it feels like dangerous arousal. Right. But even then I could see maybe if you're going to work out or get it out, that way you're keeping the arousal at a high level. Right. Because you're keeping like at least something inside of you aroused.

Yeah. Well, I think arousal is a great term too to use because that's what's going on. Right. You are at a heightened state of arousal. Right. And it feels like dangerous arousal. Right. But even then I could see maybe if you're going to work out or get it out, that way you're keeping the arousal at a high level. Right. Because you're keeping like at least something inside of you aroused.

Yeah. Well, I think arousal is a great term too to use because that's what's going on. Right. You are at a heightened state of arousal. Right. And it feels like dangerous arousal. Right. But even then I could see maybe if you're going to work out or get it out, that way you're keeping the arousal at a high level. Right. Because you're keeping like at least something inside of you aroused.

Every now and then someone reaches out to me and asks if I'll –

Every now and then someone reaches out to me and asks if I'll –