Controlling Anger -- Before It Controls You

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Controlling Anger -- Before It Controls You

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What is Anger?

• Anger is a completely normal, usually healthy,
  human emotion.
• Emotion is experienced by all humans at times.
• Often affect personal or social well-being

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The Nature of Anger

• Its accompanied by physiological and biological
  changes.
• Anger can be caused by both external and internal
  events.

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Expressing Anger

• Body language
• Facial expressions
• Strange responses
• Unusual actions
• Unexpressed anger can create other problems.

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3 types of anger

• the impulse for self-preservation
• unfair treatment by others
• Irritability and sullenness

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Anger Management

• The goal is to reduce your emotional feelings and
  the physiological arousal that anger causes.
• You can change them and control your reactions.

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Strategies To Keep Anger At Bay

• Relaxation
• Cognitive Restructuring
• Problem Solving
• Changing Your Environment

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Do You Need Counseling?

• Your anger is really out of control.
• To consider counseling to learn how to handle it
  better