Intro to Anger

Anger and aggression are the same concepts

• True

• False

Anger management is about avoiding feelings and triggers of anger

• True

• False

Anger is a normal emotion and it is helpful to learn to manage negative reactions to anger (like aggression) through learning:

• the triggers to your anger

• how you respond to anger

• how anger has affected your life

• how to forget about your feelings

A triggering event for our anger can lead to:

• negative thoughts - "I am the worst"

• emotional response - feelings of shame and guilt about being "the worst"

• physical symptoms - racing heart, clenched fists, sweating, shaking

• behavioral response - fighting, yelling, arguing, criticizing

Our anger can be valid even if the intensity isn't.

• True

• False

In accepting our anger instead of supressing it, we get to decide how we will respond, both within ourselves and to others.

• True

• False