Write down your thoughts and shred them to relieve anger, researchers say

Study builds on research showing how interactions with physical objects can control a person’s mood. Photograph: stock_colors/Getty Images

Since time immemorial humans have tried to devise anger management techniques.

In ancient Rome, the Stoic philosopher Seneca believed “my anger is likely to do me more harm than your wrong” and offered avoidance tips in his AD45 work De Ira (On Anger).