Topic: How To Constructively Handle Frustration

1. Sit down in a quiet place or during a quiet moment. 2. Identify the need being blocked. A blocked need is the cause of frustration. 3. Identify what satisfies the need. There can be many ways to satisfy the need. 4. Identify constructive ways to satisfy the need. 5. Identify the destructive ways to satisfy the need. 6. Answer the question, "How long can I hold off satisfying this need?" 7. Answer the question, "Do I want to build or do I want to destroy because of this frustration?" For persons who have little self-control and who are deeply immersed in themselves, there is little if any attempt to do any of the above activities. Persons with little or no self-control have little power to hold off on satisfying the need. Some of the most destructive behaviors and destructive personal acts we take are borne out of frustration. Because we can so easily self-destruct we must confront frustration with logic and strategy rather than confronting frustration with just an unthinking reaction to our impulses generated by the frustration.

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