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I was thinking more that whenever you got the urge to hit yourself, you could just hit the punching bag instead.
not hitting anything > hitting a punching bag > hitting a human
The danger of the "punching bag therapy" applied uncritically is teaching you that when you feel angry, the correct reaction is to hit something. So if possible, self-control is the first choice. Only if not possible (or not probable), hitting the bag is the safer option.
That's certainly true (related). But hitting a punching bag is orders of magnitude better than hitting yourself.