Controlling Anger and Saving Your Loving Relationship
How do you express your anger?
- Your get “Hotheaded” and more intensely cursing and throwing things
- You do not show anger in loud ways but you are chronically irritable and grumpy
- Or constantly putting others down, criticizing everything, and making cynical comments
The choices above simply shows that you have not learned how to constructively express anger. Beacuse of this lack of means, isn’t likely to have many successful long term relationships, simply beacuse there is no way to vent this anger, it only accumulates.
It is hard to express anger in a controlled manner. The tendency for most is to explode.
To some extent, you can do things that will take your mind off the anger.
But is walking out of the situation a healthy way? It could be a temporary measure but it is still important to express your anger and address it properly because if not, it will pile up inside you.
Why it is necessary to express your anger? If your anger is not allowed as an outward expression, it can turn inward—on yourself. It can create problems like getting back at people indirectly, without telling them why. Or displaying a personality that is hostile and cynical. Worst-Case scenario would be : hypertension, high blood pressure, or depression.
Here are some simple ways to control your anger :
- By expressing you can say what your needs are, and how to get them, without hurting others.
- You can suppress your anger by converting it into a more constructive behavior or redirecting and focusing on something positive.
- You can calm down by controlling your inward and outward behavior, let the feelings subside to avoid health related problems
Remember that anger is a completely normal, human expression of emotion. It can turn into a destructive, unhealthy situation when it gets out of control.
Give yourself the opportunity to express anger in a safe way, without hurting anyone else. Try to forgive the person who wronged you.
Neil Warner
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