| Anger is an emotional distress which must be | | | | or you let your feelings known calmly. |
| checked and not allowed to grow into a mighty rage. | | | | We can choose to walk away from a volatile |
| People have died from the anger of country or group | | | | situation to give ourselves time to recover and |
| leaders through creation of wars or through acts of | | | | reflect. You will begin to see things in different |
| terrorism. Marital abuse, child abuse and street fights | | | | perspective when you have time to cool off. Why |
| are some of the effects of anger that have gone | | | | sweat it and use up a lot of energy in this already |
| out of control. | | | | stressful world? |
| Usually a person gets angry not out of choice but | | | | Go drink a glass of water, as water has healing |
| out of provocation. The challenge here is to disallow | | | | properties. Go lie down somewhere else and stop |
| provocation to influence our emotion and make us do | | | | focusing on the negative scenario. Stop giving energy |
| things that we regret later. If we have a problem in | | | | to the anger. In some religious belief, anger is the |
| managing our anger, we must learn to control it | | | | devil itself. It sits right on top of your head and spur |
| before it controls us. | | | | you on. Do not give permission for your anger to |
| What causes anger? Let us identify the triggers | | | | breed. |
| before we get to how to control it. When we | | | | To forgive is to forget and it still holds true. It's a |
| understand where it is coming from, we will recognize | | | | simple yet powerful way to release the toxic from |
| and curb the symptoms. | | | | your system. Say out loud that no one has the right |
| * Frustration due to obstacles to what we desire or | | | | to offend you without your permission. When you |
| need. | | | | forgive someone, you forgive yourself too. |
| * Pain and discomfort | | | | Try to look at it with a sense of humour. Laughter is |
| * Our angry childhood environment | | | | indeed the best medicine. Another way is through |
| * Personal insult | | | | meditation where you seek peace, clarity and |
| * Huge ego | | | | selfempowerment. Or you can release anger by |
| How do we control our anger? We cannot control | | | | exercising or brisk walking. |
| how and when we get angry but we can control and | | | | Do a self-evaluation and establish what situation |
| choose what we want to do with our anger. If we | | | | makes you angry? If ego is always the cause of you |
| know that we fly off the handle easily, there are | | | | anger, then deal with your ego. Wanting to be right |
| ways that we can do to manage it. | | | | always does not give you the right to be angry. |
| Expressing anger is not necessarily unhealthy, as long | | | | However if you feel it is beyond you to overcome |
| as it is constructive and serves as a warning. When | | | | your anger by yourself, get professional help. |
| an anger is suppressed over a long period of time, | | | | There is no issue of shame if what you are doing will |
| there is a possibility of greater damage when that | | | | help yourself and the people around you. |
| anger is released eventually. In the society that we | | | | Anger control is possible once you decide you want |
| live in it is expected of us to suppress or repress our | | | | to control it and not let it control you. Walk away, |
| anger so be mindful when you choose to keep | | | | reflect, laugh and forgive. If it gets too hard, seek |
| something within, you either overcome by forgiving | | | | help through medication or alternative healing. |