The Great Thing about Sledge Hammers

On one typical Friday evening, I sat in my Los Angeles home office feeling exhausted and depressed. I started thinking about the silly looking marble fireplace in my living room.  Not only was it ugly, heavy, and leaning, but it was placed right next to some sad-looking wood paneling.  What person thought that looked good?  I got up, approached the fireplace, gave the marble a cold icy stare, and decided that it was just too ugly for me.  It had to be destroyed instantly.  So I went to Home Depot and bought the necessary tools of demolition.  I took the workman’s plastic, covered the floor with it, and taped the plastic off.  Then I put on my protective gloves and goggles, grabbed my beautiful new sledgehammer, took a deep breath, and started smashing the crap out of the marble.  It came off the wall just like it should have.  I screamed while I did it.  What wonderful stress release that was!  Fantastic!  I highly recommend something like this for getting out one’s aggression in a safe way. Plus, I got rid of something in my home that had been bugging me.

I immediately emailed my best pal Doris and told her:  “Man, you have to try this!!!”

Underneath that wretched marble was a beautiful wooden mantle.  Who in their right mind would ever cover that up?

Sledgehammer therapy worked really well for me.  If I need to do it again, I will find something that needs to be destroyed, grab my sledgehammer, and just start bashing the dickens out of it. What a release! Of course, I’ll make sure I’m hitting an object, like my barn that is falling down for example, not a person or an animal.  And I’ll always wear gloves and the safety goggles!

Wright, Juliet. Everything Is My Fault: One Woman’s Journey Through Co-Dependency. Pownal, VT:Hidden Angel Publishing, 2012.