Does anyone do something when they’re angry that really calms them down? Help me out I’ve got no ideas!
Depends what you’re angry about; i.e. whether it’s something that is maybe going to happen or if it’s already done, whether it’s something that can be changed or not etc.
what’s the problem?
Cry. Crying helps. Unless your male then you are a wussy!! 
Seriously though I usually just isolate myself so I don’t take it out on others and play my guitar or drums until it subsides. Take up drums… it’s a great way to take out your aggresions.
pezpunk is right about drums.
I have a heavy bag in my basement. Whenever I’m feeling angry, I go and kickbox the crap out of it.
Mmm…kickboxing. hardygrrl, wanna spar sometime?
I used to break stuff when I was angry. Then I started running out of stuff to make. Now I go play video games or play guitar.
It depends what you’re really angry about. If it’s something you have some control over, try to act constructively to vent/repair/rebuild the situation.
Two years ago my pickup truck was stolen. After doing everything I could to help it find its way home, I was still SO pissed off that I decided that if I was going to drive my car every day, it would be as clean as possible. I spent a whole day furiously detailing my Saab until it sparkled and smelled wonderful. Then I did the same thing to the kitchen & bathroom.
What are you angry about?
Oops. Make should be break. Dunno why I was stupid enough to write a totally different word.
Oh well.
I turn bright green, gain three feet in height, and don my purple pants. Then I smash everyting in the general vicinity of what made me anger. Usually I wake up in some strange place no realizing what exactly happened but I feel much better.
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I rarely get angry enough to be considered ‘extremely angry’, and have tried crying (But cannot. Really. Even when really depressed.), but when I do, I force myself to adopt a new thread of thought. I force myself to smile (like cracking diamond when angry), laugh a little, and think happy thoughts. Then all’s better. There’s scientific backing to this, too. It’s been said that simply assuming a happy facial position can make one happy. It works for me.
Monster104, I kickbox and watch enough professional wrestling to pull of some of their moves.
Put it this way, if there’s a steel folding chair in the room, I’m unstoppable. 
Steel chair? Have I mentioned I’m kinda like Kane? Chairs don’t scare me…
And I kickbox too, so it’s not like I wouldn’t be able to fight back…but maybe I’d want you to dominate me…
I lift weights or run. The only problem is, sometimes I’ll drop a weight on my finger (or do something equally graceful), and get angrier. That’s when I post on the SDMB.
Poor guy… it’s such a pain in the ass to be male (I assume yer a dude) in this society when it comes to dealing with emotions.
I’m also gonna assume that whatever is making you that angry is something you can’t do anything about. A really good shrink explained to me that anger gives us the impetus and energy to correct something that’s wrong in your life, but that the situation does not always lend itself to being corrected, so you’re stuck with all this energy and it has to go somewhere.
I find someone I really trust, sit them down and say ‘I am going to vent now. Please do not offer advice, just make appropriate listening noises.’ Then I talk, bitch, complain, shriek, cry, and so forth for a couple of hours until I collapse.
I also occasionally will go do some heavy mindless physical activity, such as ride on a stationary bike, and do that until I fall off from exhaustion. In a twist of the Stuart-Smalley affirmation thing, I’ll imagine all the anger coming out in my sweat, then go shower the stuff off.
Screaming helps, too. When I was in college, the co-op where I lived had primal scream night at the end of every semester. We’d all gather in the kitchen, grab those 2-foot metal spoons, think about all the crap that made us angry, then someone would turn off the lights and we would pound the metal prep tables with the spoons and scream our fool heads off. Ahhhh, that felt gooood.
Then all I’d have to do is pull off your mask or team you up with X-Pac…
As for the second part…like you could handle me?
Lift weights until exhaustion sets in and then I go to bed.
Am I the only one who kicks and punches drywall? It is rare that it happens but I remember four or five times specifically. Maybe if I had broken my hand the first time I wouldn’t have felt so inclined to repeat the action.
In my parent’s house: Four kicks and two punches. FYI, at Home Depot you can buy fist-size, self-adhesive drywall patches. The last time I bought a couple extra.
BTW, how far apart are studs placed in Canada? 
Wishbone, hope you’re joking, dude. Good research studies show that attempting to resolve anger with anger or expressions of aggression only reinforces the anger and is a potentially dangerous behavior over the long term. Did you read the recent report on stress-induced strokes? Scary.
Herbert Benson’s “Relaxation Response” is the best and most realistic approach I’ve seen in dealing with anger. Basically, it’s a combination of relaxation techniques and visualization. Practiced enough, it is amazingly powerful.
Besides, no patching of busted-up drywall (or broken fingers) is needed.
Hey, I said kinda like Kane…which means I simply don’t have a brain to get smashed in by the chair. No mask is necessary for me (except when chicks keep asking for Matt Damon’s autograph…)
Should I bother trying to handle you or should I let you have your way with me?
Nope, not at all. Usually, “good research studies” and Herb Benson are the last things on my mind when my my fists start flying.
I understand that two wrongs don’t(usually) make a right, and that punching a wall is rather juvenile, but I am always the one who ends up patching the holes, and if I do happen to break a hand it serves me right.
I admit, punching or kicking walls is rather symptomatic of emotional instability and the inability to calculate the consequences of my actions while under pressure, but it has been a while since it has happened and I would like to attribute it to immaturity and adolescence. I have been equally as angry since the last hole-punching incident and did not resort to violence. It may be that I have learned from my actions, as human beings often do.