Visualize your hurt, anger, or upset away

I participate in MeYou Health's Daily Challenges - they're quick, simple, little activities that you can do to improve your health and well-being.  You can link up with your facebook account and connect with friends who also participate; as well, if you interact with the community, you will likely find yourself with a number of new connections.  Some of the "challenges" are a little silly and far from actually "challenging," but it's a nice reminder to do something good for yourself, your mind, or your body every day.

Yesterday's challenge was to visualize packing up a negative thought into an imaginary bag and taking it outside to "float away," carrying your stress along for the ride.  The term "float" made me think of my visualization technique, which I picked up from some magazine over the years.

When I am upset or angry or hurt, I visualize "blowing" my issue into a big, red balloon.  I will inhale as deeply as I can and exhale forcefully, like I'm actually blowing up a balloon, imagining the balloon expanding with each breath; each breath symbolizes my stressor leaving me and entering that balloon.  After three or four big breaths, the balloon is fully inflated: I then visualize it floating way far up in the sky, taking those worries with it.

 

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It may sound corny or dippy-hippie-ish, but it's worked for me on a number of occasions.  It might be worth a shot for you - what do you have to lose (aside from some stress)?

Do you do anything similar?  How do you deal with getting rid of/over hurt or anger?