Indigo Blue Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 I used to hear my sons talking about people who “rage quit” a video game. I’ve also heard the term rage clean a few times. I don’t think I’ve ever done that. 🤔 The thing I do if I’m very upset is go somewhere to get out for a bit. Maybe buy a smoothie or something. Rarely, I’ll just wait until I’m alone then I’ll cry. I can do that. But I’ve never Rage Cleaned. Have you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 3 minutes ago, Indigo Blue said: I used to hear my sons talking about people who “rage quit” a video game. I’ve also heard the term rage clean a few times. I don’t think I’ve ever done that. 🤔 The thing I do if I’m very upset is go somewhere to get out for a bit. Maybe buy a smoothie or something. Rarely, I’ll just wait until I’m alone then I’ll cry. I can do that. But I’ve never Rage Cleaned. Have you? Many many times. It gives me a place to put negative energy and I get a clean home out of it. I have never heard the term rage clean…. I just clean when I am upset. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CT Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 I wish. (I don't actually DO it of course, but when I'm ragey the impulse is much closer to smashing plates and burning the possessions of people who are p!ssing me off, LOL.) 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Nope. Never. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassia Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 3 minutes ago, Pam in CT said: I wish. Same 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almondbutterandjelly Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 When I was younger, I recall angrily scrubbing the tub a few times, yes. I don't do it anymore. I rage simmer and watch tv or read the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 (edited) No. But I’ve stress cleaned. Edited August 16, 2023 by Pawz4me 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 7 minutes ago, Pam in CT said: I wish. (I don't actually DO it of course, but when I'm ragey the impulse is much closer to smashing plates and burning the possessions of people who are p!ssing me off, LOL.) Yep 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scbusf Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, Pawz4me said: No. But I’ve stress cleaned. Same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 I'd be scared of breaking something. My rages are a little too physical for cleaning, certainly inside the house. I haven't ever, but could picture myself rage weeding the garden. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 It sounds like a great idea. 😛 I think I might do this if I didn't have teens. One of the biggest things they need to work on is good household habits such as picking up after themselves. I actually enjoy cleaning most of the time, and it's a real challenge to force myself to leave their crap long enough for them to pick it up. But if they don't learn this now, they are going to be a whole Hoarders episode as soon as they live independently. One thing I have done is try to "multitask" in response to pressure. Which never ends well. I will end up spilling large containers of food, breaking dishes/furniture, or sustaining an injury requiring medical attention. (Yes these have all happened, multiple times.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 (edited) My version of stress cleaning is that I clean as a break (procrastination) from stressful work projects. That doesn't always end well either, work-wise, but it could be the reason my house isn't gross. 😛 Edited August 16, 2023 by SKL 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditto Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 I rage eat. I wish I raged clean instead. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 8 minutes ago, wintermom said: I'd be scared of breaking something. My rages are a little too physical for cleaning, certainly inside the house. I haven't ever, but could picture myself rage weeding the garden. I rage weed. Anger doesn't give me the impulse to make my house cleaner/nicer, which is odd because the (bad) state of the house is usually what incites my rage. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 If it is at the level of rage, I would be playing arcade style games to calm down. I am sensitive to cleaning agents so rage clean won’t work. If I am just angry, I would declutter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 26 minutes ago, Pam in CT said: when I'm ragey the impulse is much closer to smashing plates and burning the possessions of people who are p!ssing me off, I really, really want to go to of those places that has random stuff to smash. I'd need a soundproof room for sure, lol. I'll bet a large percentage of their customer base is women in their 40s-50s. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 9 minutes ago, marbel said: I rage weed. I had to read this a couple times and double-check your user name before realizing my initial interpretation probably wasn't correct, lol. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace Hopper Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 I used to. Now I rage nap. 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Lately I seem more likely to Rage Travel. It can be a little awkward, because although the planning happens in the moment, the actual travel is usually well after the fact. 😄 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 I hormonal cycle clean. I have a ton of energy before my cycle so I try to get a lot done that week. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carriede Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 I have a garden, but I'm not super into it. I like the product, not the work. But I keep it around for one reason, so I have a place "to go" when DH and I are fighting. So I guess I RAGE GARDEN. 😆 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 No, I do rage against the machine, though. 😄 I run when I'm angry, or write. Sometimes a situation is just so absurd that it requires being put down on paper with all the snark I can give it. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyD Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Nope. Although while doing household tasks I sometimes make long, impassioned speeches to my imaginary antagonists. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 No, I am an emotional eater, so if I am angry I will usually eat. =( If I can think coherently, I will go for a walk or exercise, because that helps. I'm not sure how someone rage naps (mentioned upthread). I couldn't turn my mind off! 😃 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CT Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 re plate-smashing emporia 25 minutes ago, MEmama said: I really, really want to go to of those places that has random stuff to smash. I'd need a soundproof room for sure, lol. I'll bet a large percentage of their customer base is women in their 40s-50s. My eldest (lives in NYC) goes to those places with some regularity (most recently, featured in the Bachelorette party organized by her two besties). It sounds AWESOME. When my knees were younger, I used to rage run. I definitely need both to blow off physical energy, and also not to be picking up or washing up after the very folks who are eliciting the rage. Upon reading the other responses, I realize I do rage-rake and rage-dig in the garden, which is all-mine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 I don’t rage clean but my husband does. In general, I appreciate that he’s very laid back, but our house would be so much cleaner if he wasn’t so hard to upset. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCat Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Nope. I rage exercise. Mostly walking, the elliptical in bad weather. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogger Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 I originally read this as raging verbally clean, as in not using dirty language and I was like "I wish I could pull that off." Now I find out some people manage to use their rage productivily and now I really wish I could pull that off! Instead I just have old fashioned unfruitful sinful rage. Sigh 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanin Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Never rage cleaned, but I'm constantly procrastinating-cleaning. Not sure of a term for that. Procrasti-cleaning? 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHP Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 2 hours ago, Pawz4me said: No. But I’ve stress cleaned. This. Stress cleaning gives me a physical outlet and something I can control when facing a stressful situation where I have limited control. For example, a loved one in the ICU is very stressful and I have no control over the situation or the outcome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 I sure do, which is why my house has been a freaking mess lately. I haven't been angry in a long time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace Hopper Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 At times I have raged walked. I can walk for miles but my body groans through the first miles; being in a snit is a fine kick-start. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidlit Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 I wish I did! 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Yes! I regular clean, too, but rage cleaning is a whole other level. As a kid, doing dishes was a nightly battle for me and/or my sisters against our mom. We used every trick in the book to make it harder (for ourselves, physically and time wise, and emotionally, for our mom. We were obnoxious about cutting off our noses to spite our faces.) When my parents sat me down to tell me they were splitting up, I was doing fine. When my father told me it was because he had a pregnant girlfriend, my body involuntary got up and started scrubbing dishes. No, this isn’t something I bring to therapy, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historically accurate Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 I very rarely rage clean - although I distinctly remember rage cleaning a friend's kitchen while we were on a phone call with the other founding member of a homeschool co-op. Board member #3 was p!ssing me off, so I just started doing dishes and mopping to avoid saying what I really wanted to. My brother, on the other hand, is an expert rage cleaner. I used to pick at him when we were teens and he'd end up doing our entire cleaning list to avoid punching me. Aren't little sisters wonderful? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emba Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 I do sometimes but it’s usually not my go to response. I also rage eat (usually candy). Sometimes I go for a walk. Mostly I binge watch a show or read a book, for the escapism. Only some of those things are productive, unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 1 hour ago, JennyD said: Although while doing household tasks I sometimes make long, impassioned speeches to my imaginary antagonists. Yes. I do this. And I rage clean while having mental arguments. They'd say this and I'd say that and boy I would BURN THEM UP WHEN I SAY THIS OTHER THING. 5 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmith Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 2 hours ago, Ditto said: I rage eat. I wish I raged clean instead. I do the same. I occasionally stress clean, but mostly stress eat also. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 No way. I rage read novels. However, I do ‘avoiding tax prep’ cleaning annually. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebcoola Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Nope I throw a fit like a toddler 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgo95 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Yep, I do, but I'm not rage-y very often and that's the only time I truly feel motivated to clean... and it shows in the messiness of my house. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanier.1765 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 It depends on what is available to me to rage with...ie shopping, cleaning, talking. Mostly I prefer things that occupy the mind so I don't have to think about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth86 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 No and it shows. Lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditto Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 29 minutes ago, rebcoola said: Nope I throw a fit like a toddler I can't react with the laughing emoji because I do this too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditto Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 3 hours ago, Grace Hopper said: I used to. Now I rage nap. Teach me how to do this please. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditto Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 2 hours ago, QueenCat said: Nope. I rage exercise. Mostly walking, the elliptical in bad weather. In addition to needing to learn how to rage nap, I need to learn how to rage exercise. Please teach me how to do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 If there are any rage cleaners who need to clean today, I’d like to volunteer my home. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Blue Posted August 16, 2023 Author Share Posted August 16, 2023 1 hour ago, fairfarmhand said: They'd say this and I'd say that and boy I would BURN THEM UP WHEN I SAY THIS OTHER THING. This is me but I NEVER think of it until after the fact. You could be mean to me today, but I wouldn’t realize I’m supposed to be angry about that until tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassia Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 I do all the bad stuff - stress eat, don't sleep, and stew over things which can't be good for me. Never cleaning, exercising, reading, or anything productive or healthy. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Blue Posted August 16, 2023 Author Share Posted August 16, 2023 I just realized I just rage exercised recently! I posted about it, too! I am imagining what one must look like while rage cleaning. Schlupping around, slamming down pillows, slamming cabinets when putting things away, toilet rage-cleaning…sloshing water everywhere? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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