ManagingManaging

Your Your

AngerAnger

Every minute Every minute you are you are angry, you angry, you will lose sixty will lose sixty seconds of seconds of happinesshappiness

GoalsGoals Benefits of Anger Benefits of Anger Internal/External SourcesInternal/External Sources Signs of Anger Signs of Anger Anger Harms Anger Harms Controlling AngerControlling Anger

Am I Right to be Mad?Am I Right to be Mad? Sometimes Sometimes Anger is a problem if you often get Anger is a problem if you often get mad or can’t control yourself mad or can’t control yourself People may treat you poorlyPeople may treat you poorly How you handle your anger How you handle your anger determines if you get desired resultsdetermines if you get desired results

Benefits of AngerBenefits of Anger

Primitive Defense MechanismPrimitive Defense Mechanism Protects us from being Protects us from being

dominated and manipulateddominated and manipulated Adrenalin released increasesAdrenalin released increases

Benefits of AngerBenefits of Anger Added strength, courage, and Added strength, courage, and motivationmotivation Depression - Anger turned Depression - Anger turned

inward inward Uncontrolled - DestructiveUncontrolled - Destructive

Creating ChangeCreating Change

Anger at the way Anger at the way things arethings are

Courage to see they Courage to see they don’t remain that don’t remain that wayway

Controlling AngerControlling Anger

An Eye An Eye

for an Eye for an Eye

Makes the Makes the Whole World Whole World Go BlindGo Blind

Higher ThinkingHigher Thinking

People can be unreasonable,

illogical,

and self-centered.

Love them anyway

Internal Sources of AngerInternal Sources of Anger

Low Emotional Low Emotional

LevelLevel

Easily FrustratedEasily Frustrated

Internal Sources of AngerInternal Sources of Anger

NegativeNegative Unreasonable Unreasonable

DemandsDemands Not EmpathicNot Empathic

External Sources of AngerExternal Sources of Anger

AttackAttack MeanMean ThreatenedThreatened UnfairUnfair

External Sources of AngerExternal Sources of Anger

InconsiderateInconsiderate DrugsDrugs Alcohol Alcohol Lack of SleepLack of Sleep Lack of ExerciseLack of Exercise