Go back and forth between these two extremes of emotion.
Have you ever done a yoga nidra? It follows this formula too. If we are sad, we understand happiness also exists in the world. I love this. Thankyou.
you will start doing it automatically in moments when you feel extreme emotion threatening to overwhelm your self
YES! THATS why we call these things 'practices' - the more we do it, the more automatic it becomes, and it becomes our default in times of stress. So it makes sense that those who have only practiced 'anger' only have that reaction. Imagine the world if we all practiced kindness and compassion! Wow!
you should keep a baseball bat handy, just in case you are.
Ahahah this made me laugh out loud. But it also validates that sometimes it's okay to lash out or explode ... It's not end of world and we can go back to our practice.
I have not done yoga nidra, but I'm not surprised they developed a technique along these lines. The yogis are very advanced in this department with a variety of techniques, and we're still catching up in the west. You're also right that it's good to blow off some steam once in a while, Viking style. :)
If you want to try one, there's many on the Insight timer app. I like Jennifer Piercy but you can find more traditional ones too. I was trained to teach or deliver it. The yogis were so advanced! They did do studies on your brain on yoga nidra and it's quite remarkable.
I'll check it out! There is so much we still don't know about how our brain operates.