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      • 1.01 Self-Identity
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    • Psychology Overview
      • 2.01 Internal Model
        • GX-Refusing to Fail
      • 2.02 Memory
        • GX – Elaboration Learning Technique
      • 2.03 Beliefs and Values
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        • GX-Conquering Cognitive Consistency
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    • Motivation Overview
      • 3.01 Maslow’s Hierarchy
      • 3.02 Preconditions
        • GX-Expressing Your Intrinsic Self Mobile
      • 3.03 Deficiency Needs 1-4
      • 3.04 Deficiency Needs 5-8
      • 3.05 Neurotic Needs
        • GX-Overcoming Grumbling
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        • GX – Coping with Modern Stress
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      • 4.05 Consequences of SI
      • 4.06 Losing Self-Importance
        • GX – Losing Self-Importance
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      • 4.07 Cognitive Consistency
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      • 4.08 Psychological Distance
        • GX-Living in Truth
      • 4.09 Being Love
      • 4.10 Stress
        • GX – Coping with Modern Stress
      • 4.11 Subconscious Tension
        • GX-Releasing Unconscious Tension
      • 4.12 Boredom
      • 4.13 Life Cycles
        • GX-Relationship Assessment
    • Creativity Overview
      • 5.01 Understanding Creativity
      • 5.02 Creative Process Stages
      • 5.03 Creative Vortex
      • 5.04 Creative Intent
      • 5.05 Problem Deconstruction
      • 5.06 Divergent Thinking Strategies Overview
      • 5.07 Divergent Thinking Strategies 1-5
      • 5.08 Divergent Thinking Strategies 6-10
      • 5.09 Divergent Thinking Experiments
        • CV – Divergent Questioning
        • CV – Artistic Expression
        • CV – Fantastical Thinking
        • CV – Living in the Future
        • CV – Exposure to New Stimuli
        • CV – Boundary Crossing
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      • 5.10 Evaluation of Solutions
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    • Growth Overview
      • 6.01 Growth Overview
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        • GX-Refusing to Fail
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        • Personal History
          • GX-Erasing Personal History
        • Diminishing Returns
          • GX-Being Inaccessible
        • Acting with Believing
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        • Self-Pity
          • GX-Eliminating Self-Pity
        • Petty Tyrants
          • GX-Overcoming Petty Tyrants


Coping with Frustration Free Trial

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In the modern world, frustration can be triggered by many things including: technology failures, long lines, irritating bosses, credit card debt, ungrateful kids, and traffic jams. If you do not deal with the frustration immediately, it gets repressed to your long-term memory. Here it accumulates, and over time sinks into your unconscious where you cannot address it. Each of us has a maximum threshold for frustration – the point where the pool gets so high, some of the negative energy must be released. For example, you may have a bad day at work but are unable to vent because your boss is present. When you get home, a small problem can cause you to explode. This is because your frustration pool is over threshold, and even a small conflict can trigger major venting.


Over time, you learn a variety of techniques to vent your frustration. Some of these will be positive like physical exercise, listening to music, or journaling. These behaviors can vent frustration with no negative consequences. However, you have also learned some negative coping techniques like yelling and screaming, withdrawing into a bad mood, or over-eating. By definition these behaviors are anti-social and/or self-destructive. As a result, while they can release some repressed frustration, they eventually bring punishment from your family and friends. This ultimately returns more negative energy to your pool creating cycles of frustration.


Freud also discovered that negative coping techniques often become automated and then are performed without awareness – even when you are not frustrated. Notice that you often release your frustration on those closest to you – who might have nothing to do with causing it. This is because they are often around when you go over threshold and start venting. In this way you can systematically undermine your most valuable relationships and not even know you're doing it.


The long-run effects of frustration depend on the coping techniques you use. If they are negative, you will experience continuing stress and frustration – much of it self-induced. However, if you develop positive coping techniques, you can use reasoning and creative problem solving to avoid or minimize the consequences of repressed negative energy.


Are your coping techniques positive? To find out, answer the questions below.

Coping with Frustration Trial

1) When I get frustrated, I yell and scream.













 

2) When I get frustrated, I over eat.













 

3) When I get frustrated, I give the other people the silent treatment.













 

4) When I get frustrated, I use alcohol.













 

5) When I get frustrated, I engage in some form of physical exercise.













 

6) When I get frustrated, I use drugs.













 

7) When I get frustrated, I speed or drive recklessly.













 

8) When I get frustrated, I become sarcastic.













 

9) When I get frustrated, I take it out on others who had nothing to do with it.













 

10) When I get frustrated, I listen to music.













 

11) When I get frustrated, I over spend, splurge or self-gift.













 

12) When I get frustrated, I make other people wait.













 

13) When I get frustrated, I get moody.













 

14) When I get frustrated, I usually internalize the bad feelings and say nothing.













 

15) When I get frustrated, I write down my thoughts.













 

16) When I get frustrated, I become stubborn and argumentative.













 

17) When I get frustrated, I become verbally aggressive.













 

18) When I get frustrated, I become physically aggressive.













 

19) When I get frustrated, I complain to others, feel sorry for myself , or seek pity.













 

20) When I get frustrated, I talk it over with friends and family.













 

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Topic menu
    • Self Discovery Overview
      • 1.01 Self-Identity
      • 1.02 Self-Expression
      • 1.03 Self-Esteem
      • 1.04 Self-Importance & Self-Worth
      • 1.05 Personal Bias
      • 1.06 Personal Relationships
      • 1.07 Personal Creativity
      • 1.08 Personal Growth
    • Psychology Overview
      • 2.01 Internal Model
        • GX-Refusing to Fail
      • 2.02 Memory
        • GX – Elaboration Learning Technique
      • 2.03 Beliefs and Values
      • 2.04 Cognitive Consistency
        • GX-Conquering Cognitive Consistency
      • 2.05 Involvement
      • 2.06 Feelings
        • GX-Changing Attitudes
    • Motivation Overview
      • 3.01 Maslow’s Hierarchy
      • 3.02 Preconditions
        • GX-Expressing Your Intrinsic Self Mobile
      • 3.03 Deficiency Needs 1-4
      • 3.04 Deficiency Needs 5-8
      • 3.05 Neurotic Needs
        • GX-Overcoming Grumbling
      • 3.06 Subconscious Needs
        • GX – Coping with Modern Stress
        • GX-Releasing Unconscious Feelings
      • 3.07 Growth Needs
      • 3.08 Life’s Journey
    • Relationships Overview
      • 4.01 Relationships Overview
      • 4.02 Threats to Relationships
      • 4.03 Conflict
      • 4.04 Self-Importance
      • 4.05 Consequences of SI
      • 4.06 Losing Self-Importance
        • GX – Losing Self-Importance
        • GX-Gaining Self-Worth
      • 4.07 Cognitive Consistency
        • GX-Conquering Cognitive Consistency
      • 4.08 Psychological Distance
        • GX-Living in Truth
      • 4.09 Being Love
      • 4.10 Stress
        • GX – Coping with Modern Stress
      • 4.11 Subconscious Tension
        • GX-Releasing Unconscious Tension
      • 4.12 Boredom
      • 4.13 Life Cycles
        • GX-Relationship Assessment
    • Creativity Overview
      • 5.01 Understanding Creativity
      • 5.02 Creative Process Stages
      • 5.03 Creative Vortex
      • 5.04 Creative Intent
      • 5.05 Problem Deconstruction
      • 5.06 Divergent Thinking Strategies Overview
      • 5.07 Divergent Thinking Strategies 1-5
      • 5.08 Divergent Thinking Strategies 6-10
      • 5.09 Divergent Thinking Experiments
        • CV – Divergent Questioning
        • CV – Artistic Expression
        • CV – Fantastical Thinking
        • CV – Living in the Future
        • CV – Exposure to New Stimuli
        • CV – Boundary Crossing
        • CV – Metaphorical Thinking
        • CV – Idea Pyramiding
        • CV – Empathetic Listening
        • CV – Creative Writing
      • 5.10 Evaluation of Solutions
      • 5.11 Solution Trial
    • Growth Overview
      • 6.01 Growth Overview
      • 6.02 Psychology eXperiments
        • GX-Refusing to Fail
        • GX-Elaboration Learning Technique
        • GX-Conquering Cognitive Consistency
        • GX-Changing Attitudes
      • 6.03 Motivation eXperiments
        • GX-Expressing Your Intrinsic Self
        • GX-Overcoming Grumbling
        • GX-Releasing Unconscious Feelings
        • GX – Coping with Modern Stress
      • 6.04 Relationship eXperiments
        • GX – Losing Self-Importance
        • GX-Gaining Self-Worth
        • GX-Living in Truth
        • GX-Relationship Assessment
      • 6.05 Counter Thinking eXperiments
        • Personal History
          • GX-Erasing Personal History
        • Diminishing Returns
          • GX-Being Inaccessible
        • Acting with Believing
          • GX-Acting Without Believing
        • Self-Pity
          • GX-Eliminating Self-Pity
        • Petty Tyrants
          • GX-Overcoming Petty Tyrants
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