after a particularly stressful long day at work

where you just feel the urge

to break some stuff.

When you are boiling with anger sometimes the brain just shuts off and all you can do is punch a wall or kick a chair, break some plates, throw some beer to the ground, until the anger you feel is just drained from your body, and you're just left with a bunch of holes in the walls and shattered belongings

Unfortunately, in our society,

dealing with the very normal and numerous frustrations

or angers of everyday life

in such destructive and primal ways

is not at all accepted among civilized society.

But that all changes now with the opening of

so-called Rage or Anger Rooms in the U.S. and Canada.

This week's Thrive

is looking at perhaps the best way

to relieve all that stress and tension

you might be feeling after a long day,

when a gym session just won't cut it.

So stick around

and we'll walk you through

what exactly you can expect from the Rage Rooms,

how much it'll cost,

what it'll do for you,

and exactly what you'll get to smash!

Toronto, Canada is home to Battle Sport's first Rage Room

located in the suburb of North York

This place is

a veritable haven for the highly stressed and frustrated.

Whether it's because

your boss has been on your case,

or because your in-laws are in town

and don't ever appear to be leaving.

This place is the cure for all your ails.

The rage room is a safe environment where you're geared up in protective goggle and overalls to protect your clothing.

Pick up a bag

and start laying waste to all manners of breakable objects.

For only twenty dollars

you get thirty minutes of pure raging destruction time

in the Rage Room.

They have pretty damn great selection

of breakable items you can choose from,

Including plates, chairs, vases,

wine glasses, and other specialty items,

but don't worry if nothing on the menu

strikes your fancy.

You can always bring your own objects from home to smash up.

Seems like a very cathartic way

to get rid of that box of junk your ex has left lying around your place for months now,

right?

Places like the Rage Room in Toronto

or other locations

such as the anger room in Arlington, Texas

offer a unique

and frankly much cheaper alternative

to relieving stress

than seeing a psychiatrist.

Of course you shouldn't be using these rooms

if you are dealing with significant issues,

but rather run-of-the-mill everyday stresses.

I think the biggest thing that attracts people

to the Rage Room is the

novel experience of being able to smash something,

where you've never been able to do that before,

Like, if you smash something in your house,

you gonna have to repair it,

or you know you lose your favorite mug.

Another reason is

sometimes people come in because

they've had like a really tough week.

You know their boss has been on them

and they just really need a place

to you know release some stress.

The most common thing that people would smash

is printers.

We have printers on stock for people to smash

and the printers keep going out of stock because

people keep grabbing them

and then they want to smash it because...

And also, printers are really good to smash

because they're not easy.

You can't just break it in one swing

you can give it multiple whacks.

And, you know, we get printers donated to us as well,

so it's a really great kind of ecosystem

of being able to bring people in

to smash printers and getting more printers.

Of course you don't have to be stressed out

or boiling with anger

to try out these Rage Rooms,

you can do it just for the fun!

You will probably be surprised at

what a work out demolition

can really be.

Even if you only do it for thirty minutes.

swinging a bat repeatedly

will give your upper body and core

quite the intense work out.

Whilst letting you have the time of your life sounds like a win-win in our books.

The rage and anger rooms are quite different,

one of the most cost effective

and unique alternatives for stress relief out there at the moment.

People have been using aggressive sports

such as boxing, kick boxing,

and other competitive sports

to help relieve stress for a long time.

These kind of sports often will help

leave participants feeling more in control of their emotions

and mellow out their anger.

This concept of stress relief

has ancient precedents.

The Greek philosopher Aristotle believed

in the idea of Catharsis

which essentially means

the purification or cleansing of emotions, usually fear and anger,

through extreme change and action,

which will leave people feeling renewed and restored.

And meanwhile,

it was the Austrian neurologist, Sigmund Freud

also known as the the father of psychoanalysis,

who long believed that

letting out negative emotions

would ultimately serve to reduce aggression and anger.

No matter what your age,

background, sex,

or fitness level

everyone gets stressed and angry,

from the challenges and pressures

of everyday life.

And the Rage Room is a great low cost way to manage and dispel those emotions.

So instead of sitting around

and stewing in anger,

head out to the Rage Room

and smash!

And as always, dont just live

thrive!