How to deal with anger (the ultimate anger management guide)
By Christopher Ramos
Getting Your Anger Under Control
All of us experience anger from time to time. It’s a normal, commonly experienced emotion.
However, anger can be incredibly destructive if we don’t know how to control it. Frequent or misplaced anger can hurt our reputations, destroy our relationships, limit our opportunities, and even damage our health.
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In this article, we’ll look at 12 strategies that we can use to control anger and aggression.
To understand how well you currently manage your anger, take our How Good Is Your Anger Management? self-test.
Williams and Williams’ 12 Strategies for Controlling Anger
We manage anger when we learn to defuse it before it becomes destructive.
Below, we’ve outlined 12 strategies that you can use to control anger when you experience it. These reflect an abridged version of 17 strategies that Drs Redford Williams and Virginia Williams described in their best-selling book, “Anger Kills.”.
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References
Busch, F. N. (2009) ‘Anger and Depression,’ Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, July 2009. (Available here.)
Chida, Y. and Steptoe, A. (2009) ‘The Association of Anger and Hostility with Future Coronary Heart Disease,’ Journal of the American College of Cardiology, March 2009. (Available here.)
Smith, T., Glazer, K., Ruiz, J., and Gallo, L. (2004) ‘Hostility, Anger, Aggressiveness, and Coronary Heart Disease,’ Journal of Personality, Volume 72, Issue 6, December 2004. (Available here.)
Staicu, M.L. and Cutov, M. (2010) ‘Anger and Health Risk Behaviors,’ Journal of Medicine and Life, November 2010. (Available here.)
Williams, R. and Williams, V. (1993) ‘Anger Kills,’ New York: Harper Collins.
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