Quote from: sylar on February 02, 2011, 01:06
even though i like to think i'm a nice person i'm also incredibly volatile. that's how i'm prone to getting into fights. i just can't help myself. ;_;
Had the same problem when I was a kid. Somehow, training in different martial arts helped me get over it, calm down and so on. It's not only a matter of 'being more able to kick butt than others', as many young people see it, but a matter of understanding that what you learn is for self-defence. It's to protect yourself, and others in need, from damage, not to damage other people. It is to protect yourself, and others around. NOT to damage or hurt others. Hence the name, self defence. It's what you use as a last resort, not in all cases where someone might provoke an argument. Then again, you rarely find a teacher that really gets that through his student's head, which is bad =/
Self defence is VERY different from hurting other people due to disagreements, arguments etc. It's used only, as the name suggests, to defend. As a last resort. Let alone the fact that if you use it in anything other than self defence, you can hurt the other and get into serious trouble.
Once again, its really up to a teacher to get it through their student's head, so they view it in this way as well. Nevertheless, self defence and martial arts classes and so on may help you calm down and be more calm and focused on defence rather than attack, so you could consider taking those up, which is both an educational and fun experience. Just remember. You're learning self defence, not attacking others.