James Simmons

Anger management James Simmons

Understanding Anger According to psychologist T. W. Smith, anger is "an unpleasant emotion ranging in intensity from irritation or annoyance to fury or rage." Every day, we can experience things that could make us angry. Common causes include feelings of: -Frustration. -Hurt. -Harassment. -Injustice, regardless of whether real or perceived. Other causes include: -Requests or criticisms that we believe are unfair. -Threats to people, things, or ideas that we hold dear. People experience anger in different ways and for different reasons. Something that makes you furious may only mildly irritate someone else. This subjectivity can make anger difficult to understand and manage. It also highlights that your response to anger is up to you. Anger is a normal, healthy emotion. But it's unhealthy when it flares up all the time or spirals out of control. Chronic, explosive anger has serious consequences for your relationships, your health, and your state of mind. The good news is that getting anger under control is easier than you think. With insight about the real reasons for your anger and these anger management tools, you can learn to keep your temper from hijacking your life. The emotion of anger is neither good nor bad. Like any emotion, it's conveying a message, telling you that a situation is upsetting, or unjust, or threatening. If your kneejerk reaction to anger is to explode, however, that message never has a chance to be conveyed. So, while it's perfectly normal to feel angry when you've been mistreated or wronged, anger becomes a problem when you express it in a way that harms yourself or others. If you have a hot temper, you may feel like it's out of your hands and there's little you can do to tame the beast. But you have more control over your anger than you think. You can learn to express your emotions without hurting others. You might think that venting your anger is healthy, that the people around you are too sensitive, that your anger is justified, or that you need to show your fury to get respect. But the truth is that anger is much more likely to damage your relationships, impair your judgment, get in the way of success, and have a negative impact on the way people see you. That's where anger management comes in.