Health Tips: Anger Management

How To Effectively Manage Your Anger

Before we go deeper with anger management, we must first understand anger and define this particular emotion. Anger is considered a natural emotion; it’s a defensive response when we perceived a threat or an attack that could endanger our well-being. It’s also an indication that something gone terribly wrong in our lives. When we experience anger, there are several changes happening in our body. First, your heart rate increases that causes your blood pressure to escalate. Then you feel a sudden rush of adrenaline in your body, and this could trigger a sudden outburst or action perceived as retaliation to a certain threat.

Anger is a dangerous emotion, because it can get you into trouble. Your judgement becomes clouded when you are angry and if you cannot manage it well, it can even lead to broken relationships, bad public relations or unfavorable situations. In fact, researchers and psychologists claimed that one out of five adult individual has an anger management problem. Basically, there is a sequence for anger and it is usually triggered by an event, like someone says something that irritates you or you’ve been hit by a person or any inanimate object. 

Your first reaction will come to you in a form of a question like “what did I do to deserve something like this.” Then your emotions take over and all diplomatic solution to your current situation is gone – you resort into an impulsive action that may cause road rage, domestic abuse, divorce, workplace violence or even homicide.

You may think that suppressing your anger is the best way to control it - then you are wrong! Suppressing your anger doesn’t stop it, and it may even cause more damage to you on a psychological level. You must understand that suppressed anger stays with you, and in the long run may lead to both physical and mental health issues like stress, depression, migraine and high blood pressure. However, anger management experts have devised a simple but effective method of addressing anger.

Here are some Anger Management tips:

Take A Deep Breath - Anger often comes when you feel weak or unstable. In order to calm yourself; you must take several deep breaths and try to relax a bit. Open your mind and try to observe your situation – be always diplomatic in all your action.

Find a safe location – Instead of yelling at your colleagues, friends, family members, breaking objects or slamming doors; which doesn’t really solve any of your problems. It’s better to find a safe spot where you can safely release your anger and relieve your primary stress in the process. Go to a place where you can scream your head off or safely break some objects, but don’t forget to sweep up the debris after your rage!

Try to give yourself a break – When you get agitated and angry, it’s better to leave and take a hike. However, if possible leave the place in a professional manner and try not to offend the people in that place. Take a walk and think of happy moments, whistle happy tunes or just listen to any relaxing music.

Redirect your anger into productive activities – Try fighting anger by redirecting it into your positive passions. You can write a poem, create a short story about your experiences, paint some peaceful scenery, cook a fine dish or just sing your heart out via a karaoke.

Always remember, anger is a negative emotion and most of the time it can cause some serious problems. However, you have the power to control it and the means to rise above it! 

 

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