Do you believe that "hissy fits", temper tantrums, beating on pillows is therapeutic?

                                                                Adrenaline Rush

"Beating on pillows" used to be considered therapy until therapists realized that the release of adrenaline became addictive and people would release anger in inappropriate ways like in temper tantrums - hissy fits against family, friends and others.
Here is what Buddhist Teacher Pema Chodron writes about it"

"We act out because, ironically, we think it will bring us some relief. We equate it with happiness. Often there is some relief, for the moment. When you have an addiction and you fulfill that addiction, there is a moment in which you feel some relief. Then the nightmare gets worse. So it is with aggression. When you get to tell someone off, you might feel pretty good for a while, but somehow the sense of righteous indignation and hatred grows, and it hurts you. It's as if you pick up hot coals with your bare hands and throw them at your enemy. If the coals happen to hit him he will be hurt. But in the meantime, you are guaranteed to be burned."
(Start Where You Are)

Ron Alexander An Adrenalin rush is addictive -

 Also described as "self-loathing"!

Ra Divakar Yes when you are burned time and again, it is masochistic (self-loathing") and to be addicted to anger (among other things) must really hurt!

Ra Divakar Sadistic as well as masochistic.

 You place a photo of Cheney there as well!