Indonesia clinic where destruction is the perfect therapy as you smash your anger away
- For less than US$9 you can unleash your pent-up rage smashing bottles at Temper Clinic in Jakarta; pay more to bust up old televisions and printers
- Rock music blares as clients wearing protective gear wield crowbars; the bust-it-up sessions are proving a popular way to relieve stress
Armed with crowbars and wearing protective gear, three women assembled at a Jakarta stress clinic survey the cluster of bottles they’re about to smash to pieces.
“I feel relieved. It’s like something I have been holding inside is finally released when I smashed those bottles,” Genta Kalbu Tanjung, a 20-year-old university student, said as blaring rock music pulsated in the background.
Tanjung and her two friends paid 125,000 rupiah (US$8.85) each to unleash their pent-up rage at the Temper Clinic, which also lets clients bust up old televisions and printers for a slightly higher price.
Inside a bare smash room, one wall is covered with a written reminder: “Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.”
Aliya Dewayanti Senoajie wanted to use the students’ half-hour session to channel her frustrations as a school holiday quickly comes to an end. “The break is over – it was too short and I’m not ready to go back to school,” Aliya says. She declares her bust-it-up session a success.
“It was really fun. My adrenaline was pumping.”