Comments on Past Imperfect: Rage - Part 2 Aside. The second part of Griff Rhy...

Zinnia: funny - I look at him in a different way n...

2008-10-09T13:08:00.000+01:00

Zinnia: funny - I look at him in a different way now and chose to watch Paul Merton In India last night rather than Griff in New York. I did record it however.

GG: the more I learn about the subject the less I know. It's so easy to see how other folk should tackle it but a whole new ball game when applied to oneself.

Wow, what an interesting programme. It makes me it...

2008-10-09T12:01:00.000+01:00

Wow, what an interesting programme. It makes me itch to go back into television and make programmes like this. Only problem, to find people willing to talk openly on the media. Here, people go on tv to hurl blame at politicians.

As for anger management, that's a concept that would baffle lots of folks here.

Hi Pat, glad you had a good time away, and thanks ...

2008-10-09T11:44:00.000+01:00

Hi Pat, glad you had a good time away, and thanks for blogging this in so much detail for us. I suspect the 'entertainer' side of Griff couldn't resist coming out to play now and again, and I expect you're right that he ducked the option of finding a real solution - but it seems to make some fascinating points, nonetheless.

Sandy: I don't see him doing the meditation bit s...

2008-10-08T11:09:00.000+01:00

Sandy: I don't see him doing the meditation bit somehow.

Hello Pat and welcome back. Thank you for giving s...

2008-10-08T09:53:00.000+01:00

Hello Pat and welcome back. Thank you for giving such a thorough synopsis of the programme. I wasn't able to see it but I wonder if it might just have had some impact on Bear if he had watched it. However, I don't think he would recognise his own problems.Perhaps I should persuade him to take up boxing!?

Crabtree: shorter or longer it is always a pleasu...

2008-10-07T23:45:00.000+01:00

Crabtree: shorter or longer it is always a pleasure to receive your comments.

Savannah: now how does that work I wonder?

we have a saying in house: get mad, get glad! some...

2008-10-07T04:09:00.000+01:00

we have a saying in house: get mad, get glad! somehow it works for us, sugar...so far!
glad you're back! ;) xoxo

To have the knack of, poetically, it is exactly th...

2008-10-07T00:15:00.000+01:00

To have the knack of, poetically, it is exactly that !
I should perhaps make shorter ?

Kim: what I find difficult: over the years I have...

2008-10-06T23:30:00.000+01:00

Kim: what I find difficult: over the years I have learned to temper and address anger but it's the (rare - thank goodness) sudden flashes of rage, that catch one unawares. At least it is an honest feeling not like cold, considered nastiness and cruelty. But still something that needs control.

Crabtree: I think I understand what you mean. Sometimes I feel as if I am trying to catch a sunbeam:)

Sam: by the end I felt he really couldn't be arse...

2008-10-06T16:58:00.000+01:00

Sam: by the end I felt he really couldn't be arsed. His TV programmes mean he's away from home a lot and it must be a relief for his wife to get a break and know he's doing what he enjoys.
I got a comment from you asking if I was back but it took 2 days for it to open and it refuses to be published. Goodness knows why; this got through OK. Maybe they have sorted the problem.

A Corsican proverb "Un capi ne zè ne zò " In other...

2008-10-06T16:35:00.000+01:00

A Corsican proverb "Un capi ne zè ne zò " In other words ;
Do not understand nor zè! nor zò! (By speaking about a limited person "bornée").

That I make when I am right and the others are wrong?

I joke! for example ironic way " Be you expert in the martial arts? "
Either I smile and compliment my interlocutor the flattery eases the customs" that you are pretty that you to seem to me beautiful without lying ... "

So after two or three attempts at dialogue the understanding is not established , I turn the heels without regrets !

We re-know the bird about the singing and the intelligence in the said things !

I think you're right in that in the end he wasn't ...

2008-10-06T16:26:00.000+01:00

I think you're right in that in the end he wasn't looking for a cure for his anger. He owns it, it's a part of him, he feels it gives him a sense of power or defence. He doesn't actually want to let it go.

I do think anger almost always comes from a frustrated sense of being right and no one else agreeing with you or listening to you. "Anger" always feels like "Righteous Anger". Of course to anyone else you just look like an out of control (and probably dangerous) fool.

Yep, I guess if he's cured in the first 20 minutes...

2008-10-06T15:50:00.000+01:00

Yep, I guess if he's cured in the first 20 minutes, there's not much of a show.

Anger is usually useless I agree with Rand', but for many people such a rational approach is just beyond their reach, i reckon. Their anger is so strong they simply can't control it.

Angry people are always disappointed people, it seems to me. But anger can be so very destructive, it's too bad Griff rejected out of hand some of the techniques that could help. I guess being an angry person might tend to preclude you from being humble enough to accept that.

I think you started your post with a very good point - does he really want to be cured?

Scarlet: I hope I wasn't too uncharitable to him....

2008-10-06T15:44:00.000+01:00

Scarlet: I hope I wasn't too uncharitable to him. This business of being too clever for one's own good is something I know well and have little sympathy with.

mei del: I'm in my seventies - and still learning...

2008-10-06T15:42:00.000+01:00

mei del: I'm in my seventies - and still learning:)

Randall: I think it would be helpful to enlarge on that maxim. How about it in a post? Griff might have though eliminating the cause meant doing away with the director and I'm sure you don't mean that. Or do you:)
I'm also glad we're home safe - thank you.

It sounds fascinating.

2008-10-06T15:15:00.000+01:00

It sounds fascinating.

I missed part 2 of this documentary, so many thank...

2008-10-06T15:04:00.000+01:00

I missed part 2 of this documentary, so many thanks for filling me in. I agree that diet is important . . . upping carb intake and cutting out coffee would probably ease his rage. I can't believe his caffeine intake . . . he would be edgy all the time and his sleep quality would be poor.
Thank you for this post.
Sx

Crap!Forget to say, "Welcome Back. I'm glad you're...

2008-10-06T13:59:00.001+01:00

Crap!

Forget to say, "Welcome Back. I'm glad you're home safe."

:)

I've always thought that anger was a particularly ...

2008-10-06T13:59:00.000+01:00

I've always thought that anger was a particularly useless emotion. Letting it "out," that is directing it at others generally accomplishes nothing, and one is still left with that which caused the anger in the first instance. Consequently, I find it's better to concentrate on eliminating the cause of my ill feelings than raging against them.

Cheers.

thank you for describing th programme because i mi...

2008-10-06T13:49:00.000+01:00

thank you for describing th programme because i missed it. i grew up where there was a lot of anger and people not shy of venting their anger either. one of my brothers is now an anger management counsellor and we've both learned to control our negative emotions with time and coming to our senses and accepting that we haven't been too clever letting fly. i'm now 42 and he's 54 i think ... so yeah a lot of time!

Naomi: My great difficulty is trying to decipher ...

2008-10-06T10:20:00.000+01:00

Naomi: My great difficulty is trying to decipher my scrawl and make sense of it. I hope anyone who watched it doesn't find too many errors. But I hope I was true to the spirit of it.

I must say Pat, I agree with you from just reading...

2008-10-06T09:41:00.000+01:00

I must say Pat, I agree with you from just reading all that you told us about this man...It definitely sounds like there was more of an effort to make an amusing and interesting documentary as oppossed to really finding any real solutions to his problems with rage.