Overview
Anger is a fundamental emotion experienced by everyone. Since childhood itself, people learn ways to express anger by imitating angry behavior modeled around them, by their own experiences, and seeing what can be escaped with the help of the expression of anger. Anger management tips help to learn ways to slow down reactions to anger. Anger is the only emotion that helps in ‘survival’ when used appropriately. A problem arises when anger is taken as the primary means of expression of needs, leading to the usage of inappropriate ways and threats as weapons to get things done our way.
Some of the therapeutic aids to help you in dealing with anger issues are:
- Improvements in communication skills
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
The specific steps in cognitive behavioral therapy include:
- Identification of situations or circumstances in your life that leads to trouble
- Awareness of your thoughts and emotions surrounding anger triggers
- Acknowledgement of inaccurate, negative thought patterns
- Relearning of healthier, positive thought patterns
- Avoidance of problematic situations
- Problem-solving
- Use of Humor and self-deprecating humour
Types
- Chronic anger – Prolonged type, can have a negative impact on immune system and generally makes one vulnerable to develop psychological disorder
- Passive anger- It doesn’t usually get expressed as outward and apparent anger, though is very much present and is not identified easily.
- Self-inflicted anger- Directed inwards and generated with feelings of guilt.
- Overwhelmed anger- Generated by environmental pressure and demands beyond one’s capacity to meet all these demands.
- Judgmental anger- generated with feelings of resentment towards other people.
- Volatile anger- sudden bouts of extreme or violent kind of anger i.e., highly aggressive behavior.