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Anger Management and Emotional Control | Monday | Period 1
"Some ways to deal with emotions aren't necessarily the healthiest, but they can still be effective," Bruce began today. "For example, emotional shopping or eating comfort food are both ways that people sometimes choose to make themselves feel better when they're upset. The reason these approaches work is pretty clear, but with these examples, there's also a risk of feeling guilty afterwards if you overdo it."
Not that he knew very much about overdoing it with retail therapy. Shopping for pleasure wasn't really Bruce's style.
"Because of the risk of making yourself feel even worse, I don't recommend retail therapy as a valid means of anger management," he warned. "When done emotionally, shopping can become an addictive behavior, and it also means feeding into consumerism to a pretty large degree. Also, of course, the extent to which it works for a given person depends on their financial situation. So we're going to be exploring this method, but I'd recommend taking it with a grain of salt or five."
Sure, make it preachy, Banner.
"Today we're going to have the Danger Shop simulate a brand-new high-end outlet mall," he said. "You'll also each receive simulation credit cards, which obviously don't have any real money on them and won't work outside of the simulation, but you're welcome to try." And get nowhere. "Once we're inside, you can spend the next forty minutes however you'd like. You can window-shop, visit the food court, or actually buy things you'd like so we'll have something to talk about when we debrief today. At the end, we'll meet up at--" he grimaced-- "Starbucks and talk about how it went."
With that, he pushed open the door to the Danger Shop and let the students filter into the mall.
Not that he knew very much about overdoing it with retail therapy. Shopping for pleasure wasn't really Bruce's style.
"Because of the risk of making yourself feel even worse, I don't recommend retail therapy as a valid means of anger management," he warned. "When done emotionally, shopping can become an addictive behavior, and it also means feeding into consumerism to a pretty large degree. Also, of course, the extent to which it works for a given person depends on their financial situation. So we're going to be exploring this method, but I'd recommend taking it with a grain of salt or five."
Sure, make it preachy, Banner.
"Today we're going to have the Danger Shop simulate a brand-new high-end outlet mall," he said. "You'll also each receive simulation credit cards, which obviously don't have any real money on them and won't work outside of the simulation, but you're welcome to try." And get nowhere. "Once we're inside, you can spend the next forty minutes however you'd like. You can window-shop, visit the food court, or actually buy things you'd like so we'll have something to talk about when we debrief today. At the end, we'll meet up at--" he grimaced-- "Starbucks and talk about how it went."
With that, he pushed open the door to the Danger Shop and let the students filter into the mall.
Listen to Bruce