Therapist suggested that a start Trolling....

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I visited with my Therapist on Friday and I expressed my problem with letting out my anger and frustrations. I told her it seems to come out when I'm shopping toward unknowing strangers. It is very embarrassing and it seems like I have minimal control over it. She suggested I start trolling. Why would someone purposely go online just to make people angry? That is so mean.....

I would not recommend going back to that therapist as she is most likely a narcissist as they enjoy getting attention for idiotic reasons. Anyways, if I where you and she said this to me. I would write a complaint making up stuff to try to get her disbarred and if I was caught make false reasons I would just say she said to troll someone. Thus, I was only following my therapy. Hence, she would get disbarred anyways. I love sweet justice

I suggest not following Orangez advice, but telling her it doesn't please you to make other people angry.

I don't think it would be right to intentionally cause other people to be distressed.

I have to admit that I kind of like trolls.

Is there a way to put "Trolling" in a better context? In a way, some comedians Troll people, but it can be accepted under the banner of standup comedy.

Also for example, I think the satire news organization The Onion exists to Troll all legit news organizations or the news media in general and a lot of people enjoy it. Maybe if the OP can find the right topic and venue such as a blog, they could troll against a particular topic.

LOL.

I like them in moderation.

There are places online specifically for that purpose. Everyone is there to be mean so it wouldn't really be a problem. There are insult forums and all manner of hate forums.

As someone who's logged in over 20,000 posts in forums, I don't think that's such a great idea. Trolling is immature and lacks character. However, being opinionated and venting appropriately is another matter. But anyways, you can let your anger out, without trolling. Just actually let it out. Speak your mind. People say stuff about me like "whatever you do, don't pi**off Ezra!".

Once in a while I troll, but it's done to amuse my forum friends rather than hurt anyone.

it's poor advice. it teaches you to disregard someone's feelings, it teaches you it's okay to mess with other people and make them mad. it gives you a false sense of reality because those are things one couldn't get away with in person. there are few things in this life more immature than committing an action intentionally hoping for a negative response from someone else. there are many better and more healthy ways to take out anger.

Most therapists I have heard of suggest keeping a journal or writing "letters unsent'. Your therapist tells you to verbally assault people. I would change therapists.

That sounds like a strange therapist. Unless that's how they generate business for themselves.

Maybe she's as bad as everyone says, but she got you thinking about this. Agitating people just to agitate them, or make strangers feel your pain, is wrong. You not feeling able to control your anger doesn't make it any less hurtful. If it were me I would throw it back on her, ask what her point is.

Maybe her point is, and maybe it isn't but it's my point, please take a moment and think about that expressing anger toward innocent strangers can really cause a lot of pain, whether you're shopping or on the Internet. And it will do little to resolve any pain you may feel toward specific individuals who are behaving hurtfully toward you.

Has someone been hurting you recently that you need to troll IRL?

So your therapist wants you to vent frustration and anger at someone else's expense? It's time to find a new therapist dude...Has she provided sh***y advice like this in the past?

Those of us "in moderation" don't like trolls at all.

I can understand that your therapist thinks practicing to let out your anger on the internet might help you, but I also think trolling is the wrong way.

Instead, I'd suggest you use something less destructive for practicing, like chatting in a positive environment. That was what helped me - I always was very afraid that people could get angry with me when I would criticize them or show them I was mad at them.
Years ago I played an online multiplayer game. It was a text-based game and wouldn't make you too addicted, and it had a rather small community (few thousand players). To be successful, you needed to cooperate and form alliances. So I joined an alliance and talked to the other members every day on the forums and IRC. Most of the time it was just nice chatting around, but of course there were sometimes conflicts.
And believe me, it was so much easier to argue with people and tell them what you didn't like when I could do it with text messages... During that time, I learned a lot about communicating my anger!

So I guess, this is what your therapist hopes will happen to you, too. Maybe you can come up with an idea where and how you could do that without trolling.