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  • The best Anger management resources for mental health  By : Albert Foong
    Anger doesn't just affect mental health - if can hurt you physically, socially, financially, everything. What are some of the best resources out there on anger management? This article gives some great tips and also lists out all the most effective resources available.
  • Anger Management Help - Make it stop!  By : Albert Foong
    Anger management can be confusing. There are so many different methods, not all of them effective. This free article will clear things up and lay out the most effective methods simply.
  • Highly Effective Anger Management for Teens  By : Albert Foong
    Teenagers face unique and challenging problems - anger management is one of the best ways to overcome these problems.
  • The most effective Anger Management Activities  By : Albert Foong
    The world of Anger Management can get confusing, with the different types of anger and the different methods. This article will clear it up and lay out the most effective activities.
  • 6 Steps To Releasing Anger And Feeling Good Again  By : Brenda Shoshanna -
    Anger is a lethal force that undermines our lives in all kinds of ways. Sometimes it erupts openly and other times it camouflages itself and covertly undermines your life. Some experience anger as strength and power. They feel it is necessary in order to maintain control. Others assume they have the right to express anger. These are some of the lies anger tells us.

    In fact, when we are angry we are out of control and our ability to respond wisely is diminished. It’s time t...
  • It might kill you otherwise: Anger Release  By : Albert Foong
    Do you like being not in control of yourself? Anger can kill you. It is the biggest obstacles to happiness – or to master yourself. Pent-up energies have to be released. This article gives practical information on how.
  • Addressing Anger Management For Kids In Creative Ways  By : Nathalie Lafleur
    It can be easy to loose your patience when dealing with an especially unruly or angry child, but in doing so you are really just reinforcing the child's angry behavior. You can use some fun ways to get the child to see the excessive nature of their own anger, instead of reacting with anger

    Although in especially heated situations this may be a struggle, the faster you can get the child to release their anger, the quicker you can diffuse the situation and have an efficie...
  • Personal Development & Happiness Tools: Anger Release  By : Albert Foong
    In personal development, and in life, one of the main goals is to achieve happiness. What often stand in the way are “negative” emotions such as anger or sadness, and any personal development quest requires you to deal with this. This series of articles gives some innovative and practical information on how.
  • De-Escalation Techniques: How To Take The Wind Out Of Their Sails  By : Kim Olver
    Have you ever been involved in a situation with an angry person when you felt defeated? Either you escalated to their level of aggression or you allowed yourself to get lambasted and felt battered in the end? There are some easy techniques to work with an angry person to take their level of volatility down to a manageable level so you can intellectually process the problem with them.

    Attempting to reason with those who use anger to intimidate, control, get attention, avoid...
  • Anger Management: How To Stay Calm Instead Of Losing Your Cool  By : Kim Olver
    Have you ever found yourself angry with people you care about and didn’t seem able to stop yourself? Do people who love you tell you that you have anger management issues? Have you lost some important relationships or created problems for yourself at work because you couldn’t seem to control your angry behavior?

    If this describes you, then you need to regain control and stop yourself from hurting others. The first thing to do is to recognize that you are choosing your ange...
  • Golf Course Anger Management 101  By : Craig Sigl
    How many times on the golf course has anger ruined your round? You know how it happens, one shot into the woods or missed putt during a crucial time and it starts a chain reaction of playing poorly. You just can't seem to escape it as you spiral out of control. You've go to find a mental pattern interrupt. Here's how:
  • Is Being Angry Ever Good?  By : Connie Limon -
    Some psychologists who study anger say anger does have a positive side. For example:

    • Anger helps clarify relationship problems;
    • Anger helps finalize business deals;
    • Anger fuels political agendas;
    • Anger can give people a sense of control during an uncertain situation;
    • Anger can cause an entire culture to change for the better as with the women’s suffrage movement.

    In certain situations anger can be defined as being constructive rather than destructive and h...
  • 5 Tips for Constructive Anger Management at The Workplace  By : Brenda Shoshanna
    Anger can be a lethal force at the workplace, undermining atmosphere, productivity and workplace relaitonships. Based upon her new book, The Anger Diet, Dr. Shoshanna provides five essential steps to take to balance workplace relationships and allow you to easily turn negative feelings into constructive workplace behavior.
  • 2 Easy Ways To Manage Your Anger  By : Ricky Lim
    Anger is an emotional feeling and an expression which we all have from time to time. Each and every one of us reacts to anger differently. Some people may feel a great urgency to smash something, some people shouts at the top of their lungs to vent their anger while others will remain silent throughout the entire time.

    Anger can lead to destructive consequences. Sadly, most people do not have any form of training or instruction on how to deal with these emotions. As a resu...
  • 7 Steps For Melting Anger On The Spot  By : Brenda Shoshanna
    Anger is a lethal force that undermines our lives in many ways. This article explores what anger actually is, where it comes from and how it manifests. It also offers 7 specific steps for dissolving anger easily.
  • Top Ten Ways of Moving Through Anger  By : Johanna Vanderpol
    This article is a synopsis of various elements to consider in moving through anger to completion so it doesn't stay "stuck" in the body and so it doesn't harm relationships.
  • Simple Ways To Effectively Control Anger  By : David Idle
    Strong emotions like anger can affect your physical well being. Because of anger, you may experience chest pains, upset stomach, heart palpitations, difficulty in breathing, dizziness, high blood pressure, and other health problems. Because of these, you need to find ways to effectively control your anger.

    There are ways to deal with anger and here are some of the effective ways:

    Determine the source and cause of anger. A strong emotion has to be resolved first. Unresol...
  • Releasing Anger  By : Helene Rothschild
    Learn why you feel angry and if you are dealing with this human emotion constructively. Then you can feel peaceful, enjoy better relationships, be healthier and happier, and contribute to world peace.
  • The Triggers Of Anger  By : Burt Cotton
    Triggers are what interrupts emotions and causes us to become angry. When we learn our triggers, we are taking a step in the right direction to control our emotions. First, we need to weed through the roots of anger to determine the problem. If you have obsessive anger, outbursts you might want to get a physical to eliminate chemical or physical roots of your anger.

    Next, you will go to a mental health expert to eliminate mental illnesses that are often the root of anger. ...
  • Psychotherapy Anger Management  By : Burt Cotton
    When we are angry, we often find a way to deal with the stress that anger brings. Some of us however cannot find a way to deal with our anger. A faithful strategy I used to deal with anger is to handle the situation when the opportunity arises. If someone does something to hurt me, it depends on the situation but I got resources, therefore I put those to good use.

    When I feel sometimes, I go inside my mind, find a restful area, and talk to myself. I often find humor whethe...
  • Stop Seeing Red Through Hypnotherapy For Anger Management  By : Richard MacKenzie
    Let’s begin by counting how many times you got angry today. Did you honk a tad bit extra to get people out of your way as you were late to work? Did you throw a fit because your kid wouldn’t have his glass of milk, and you wondered “Why God, why me?” Were you upset because your spouse spent the evening at work, and missed your dinner date? Little things seem to irk you beyond belief, you feel like the universe is conspiring against you. You think Murphy’s laws were written ke...
  • Anger And Rejections  By : Burt Cotton
    Rejections are normal and we all are told no on many occasions. Some persons have difficulty handling rejections and may react hastily to the other person involved. If you walk in a bank and apply for a loan and are rejected you might stomp out the door shouting obscene talk to the lenders. This is not an appropriate way to handle the situation.

    This in fact can get you in trouble and it is obvious that rejections are triggers to your emotions that enforce your anger. Now ...
  • Is Road Rage A Psychiatric Disorder?  By : Dr Tony Fiore
    Recent headline: “Road Rage may be due to medical condition called Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED)”

    WHAT IS THE SCIENCE BEHIND THIS?
    The study, reported in the June (2006) issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry was based on a national face-to-face survey of 9,282 U.S. adults who answered diagnostic questionnaires in 2001-03. It was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health.

    Results? About 5 percent to 7 percent of the nationally representative sample...
  • Dealing With An Angry Person  By : Steve Moore -
    Everyone is periodically faced with an angry person, and can be challenging to deal with. I’d like to share a few ideas in how to react to another’s anger, whether it’s a spouse, friend, or even a stranger. Some of these will also apply if you are angry yourself, which of course is something to avoid in the first place.

    Listen - Let the person vent a little, and get their words and feelings out. If you interrupt them too quickly to defend yourself, it’s going to just make ...
  • Ways For Coping With Anger  By : Ken Snowie -
    Anger is a real problem in today’s society, and for this reason it is important that we learn how to cope with anger issues. Everyone at some time or another in their lives has experienced anger and perhaps even lashed out in anger.

    Anger is a natural emotion, because we all get hurt, aggravated, insulted, or feel threatened from time to time. Anger can be your greatest ally or your greatest foe.

    For example, if we feel threatened by another person and we express our ...
  • What Are Anger Indicators  By : Ken Snowie
    Sometimes, an angry person will verbally or physically assault others. They are sometimes prone to violent outbursts, often involving hurting others or destroying things.
  • Why Do I Always Feel So Angry?  By : Ken Snowie
    It is impossible to be fully in control of your life, because we all have constraints and rules that we have to follow. This fact might cause anger for you, perhaps due to experience with a very strict or rigid parent or other authority figure.

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