Question by Derpina.: What to do when someone gets a rage outburst?
I recently made a new friend I met through another friend. He’s a really sweet guy and I think we’ve been friends for a few months now.
The only thing I find it hard to cope with are his rage outbursts sometimes. He gets worked up over nothing and it suddenly takes a turn for the worst. Believe me, he’s not a violent person or anything but he gets theseoutbursts sometimes and it really scares me.
I wouldn’t mind if it was just screaming and moping but it’s worse than that. He’s a really big person (about 1,90 m or more) and he also goes to the gym like almost everyday. So when he throws these tantrums he usually doesn’t only get verbal but also physical. He’s just uncontrolable and I think he could break someone’s bones if he wanted to.
We went to the bar with friends last time, and he drank a little too much. He got mad out of no where and started throwing things and it took a few men to push him against the wall and restrain him. Even then he kept on screaming and he started crying.
And I just didn’t know what to do.

How do you calm down a person like that? I also don’t know what causes these outbursts?

P.S
He told me he has had these outbursts many times already, but doesn’t want to go to the doctor or anything because he’s really ashamed about it. Should I try to convince him to go see someone anyway? We haven’t known eachother that long yet so wouldnt that be weird?

Best answer:

Answer by hb12
I don’t think you would put up with that type of behavior in yourself and he shouldn’t put up with it in himself. I would not have anything to do with him until he gets help and gets over it.

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