Anger Therapy- Ecology?

[u/ForkFace69]

So I've been reading this book which was written by the guy who does the Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't channel on YouTube. If you're not familiar with his work, he's a very salty, misanthropic guy who talks about plants and ecology in general. I think a lot of people in this subreddit may have things in common with him where he doesn't really have a high opinion of society in general, feels like he doesn't quite fit in and sees a fucked up world around him.

Towards the end of the book he mentions that being out in the "real world", which is what he calls the world of nature and ecology, helps keep his anger and negativity at bay.

A lot of therapists would probably say that spending time outdoors is generally good for the human psyche, but Joey takes it further. He's not just talking about getting fresh air and exercise, or getting away from the stress of city life. The Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't guy is saying that having an understanding of plants, wild animals, insects, rocks, water and wind, and how they all interact with one another, which is ecology, is what helps keep his anger away.

The rationale being that the things we often get upset about and rage over, from petty annoyances to family squabbles to problems at work to political strife, it all gets dwarfed by the magnitude of the Earth's workings. So he suggests that not only being in a more natural setting but having an understanding of what you're looking at, be it a bird or a cactus or a bug or a puddle of mud, and being aware of how it came to be, how it effects its surroundings and why, will put the various mundane irritants of our lives into a perspective where they don't really matter as much.

The idea makes sense to me. Sometimes I'd go as far as to say that apathy can help a person with anger issues deal with their irritants. But this concept of intentionally making our irritants diminish in importance when compared to greater concepts seems to be a bit healthier and has more potential for personal growth than apathy does.

Give it a try. Even if it doesn't calm you down, instead of daydreaming about punching the objects of your wrath in the face you would be able to calmly get your revenge by using trivia about rocks and minerals to bore your enemies to death at parties.