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ANGER MANAGEMENT


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I feel

FuriousSpiteful GrouchyFrustrated EnragedAnnoyed IrritatedMad IrateANGRY


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What is Anger?

Anger is "anemotional statethat varies inintensity frommild irritation tointense fury andrage."


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WHAT IS ANGER? An emotional state. Varies in intensity Can be destructive and leadto problems - at work, inrelationships, quality of life. Feeling mad in response tofrustration or injury.


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Anger Symptoms Checklist *Check off those that apply to you

Physical Symptoms Emotional Symptoms

Symptoms adapted from the following website:http://www.lifewatcheap.com/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=5812&cn=116

Increased heart rate

Muscle tension

Sweating/feeling hot

Shallower/fasterbreathing

Clenched jawGrinding of teeth

Headache

Stomachache

Shaking or trembling

Dizziness

Want to pace

Feel as though youneed a drink or a cigarette

Feel like crying

Want to yell

Short with others

Anxious

Sad

Guilty

Resentful

Lose sense of humor

Withdraw from others

or shut down


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CURRENT VIEWS Angry people are hostile. (Hostility is achronic state of anger. Hostility is a permanent personalitycharacteristic. Hostile people are unhappy. Angry people are emotionally insecure. Angry people have a low sense of self.


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EFFECTS OF ANGER Anger---> Rage ---> Violence Does great harm - more than anyother emotion. Associated with crime, abuse, poor

working conditions, poor health.


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EFFECTS OF ANGER Polls reveal that people indicate thatthey feel like killing others. Crime rate soars: rapes, murders,battering, child abuse, domestic

abuse. Children between 3-17 years are themost violent.


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CHARACTERISTICS OFANGRY PEOPLE Hostility - silently Marital problems Greater stress ininterpersonalaspects of work. Uses threat ofanger tomanipulate others.

Negative view ofwork. Less open-minded. Hostile people areunhappy. Report moredifficulties at work. Less job

satisfaction.


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CHARACTERISTICS OFANGRY PEOPLE

Less tolerant. Less understanding. Less sociallyresponsible. Distrustful, resentful competitive.

Blame others, putdown others anddemean others as away of seekingrevenge.

Influence otherpeople to share theirpessimism.


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BEHAVIORAL SIGNS


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BEHAVIORAL SIGNS Chronically angry people frequently createunfriendly social environments for

themselves by the way they deal withanger. Assaults: physical, rage, slapping, shoving,

using a weapon.


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BEHAVIORAL SIGNS Aggressive: overly critical, fault finding,name-calling, sarcasm, prejudice, cynical

humor and teasing, flashes of temper. Hurtful: malicious gossip, stealing,trouble-making, revengeful, passively

resistant, interferes with progress.


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BEHAVIORAL SIGNS Health: smokers, drink more alcohol andcoffee, consume more calories. Poor

health overall. Others: resentful, jealous, envious,argumentative, unforgiving, tired and

anxious.


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ANGER KILLS


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ANGER KILLS Thought -> Brain -> Lets Get Mad ->autonomic nervous system -> release ofhormones & chemicals in blood ->increases heart -> increases blood sugarand pressure -> increases breathing ->impairs senses -> releases deadly cortisol

for fight or flight -> drains adrenalglands -> stimulates fat cells ->converts tocholesterol.


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ANGER KILLS To get angry is to slowly commit suicide. Anger releases a slow-acting poison. Istoxic. Damages immune cells. Cumulative effect: cholesterol buildupwhich blocks blood flow to arteries

starving heart. Causes release of chemicals and killervenom.


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ANGER KILLS Decreases production of serotonin whichactivates the sympathetic nervous system

which speeds up release of cortisol - killervenom. Decreases action ofparasympathetic nervous system. Cortisol is potently dangerous - it lasts for13 hours at the cellular level when released. Linked to cancer. Causes slow burn.


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MANAGING ANGER:

If you are an angry person, an abuser-- work on changing your habits! If you are a person impacted by an angryperson, you must alleviate the assaults theangry person makes to your person and

body or eliminate the angry person fromyour life! [Anger is like second-hand smoke. It can kill anon-hostile person too! ]


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SOME SUGGESTEDSTRATEGIES Stress Inoculation. Flooding or

Frustration Training. Meditation,Relaxation. Assertiveness. Be Empathic. Learn To Be Fair.

Learn to Hold BackAnger. Stop Using YourTemper To Get YourWay. Practice Listening. ImproveCommunication.


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SUGGESTED STRATEGIES Respect Others. Practice Forgiveness. Have a Sense of Humor.


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A story tells that two friends werewalking through the desert. Duringsome point of the journey they had anargument, and one friend slapped theother one in the face.


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The one who got slapped was hurt, butwithout saying anything, wrote in the sand:TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME INTHE FACE.


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They kept on walking until they found anoasis, where they decided to take a bath.The one who had been slapped got stuckin the mire and started drowning, but thefriend saved him. After he recovered fromthe near drowning, he wrote on a stone:TODAY M Y BEST FRIEND SAVED MYLIFE.The friend who had slapped and saved hisbest friend asked him, "After I hurt you,you wrote in the sand and now, you writeon a stone, why?"


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The other friend replied "When someonehurts us we should write it down in sandwhere winds of forgiveness can erase itaway. But, when someone does somethinggood for us, we must engrave it in stonewhere no wind can ever erase it."LEARN TO W RITE YOUR HURTS IN THESAND AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITSIN STONE.

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