Try These Anger Management Techniques

Do you find yourself becoming angry at the least little thing?
Maybe your toddler interrupts your newspaper reading by climbing
on your lap, and you become irritated. Perhaps your wife asks
you to take her shopping, and you get angry because you were
planning to go golfing. Learning some basic anger management
techniques can restore a sense of self-control to your inner or
external responses to situations like these. Even if you hold in
your anger, it may not hurt others, unless they sense your
withdrawal or unspoken irritation, but it will hurt you. Studies
show that people who let anger build up inside tend to suffer
more health problems than those who have less anger or manage it
in productive ways. Many anger management techniques are easy to
learn and practice, so give them a try before losing your temper
unnecessarily again.
Anger Management Technique #1: Drain the Brain
When your temper begins to flare, one of the best anger
management techniques is to mentally challenge yourself before
taking out your anger on others. Ask yourself questions about
the source of your irritation, the degree of your anger, and the
other person’s actual role in the situation. Turn circumstances
around to see how you would want to be treated if the other
person felt as you do. These mental gymnastics can help you
regain control over runaway emotions before they escape and
cause external damage.
You also can try traditional anger management techniques to
soothe your flare-ups. For example, count to twenty, not ten,
before saying anything. Leave the room for several minutes, or
hours, if necessary, before discussing sensitive issues that may
provoke your anger. Write out a response to a problem before
tackling it orally or in debate. This will give you time to
think about the best approach to a problem rather than
responding with random anger.
Anger Management Technique #2: Walk it Off
In those moments when you feel the familiar rage start to
rumble, excuse yourself if others are present and take a quick
walk down the hall or outdoors, depending on whether you are at
home or at work, and the weather conditions. Even a five- or
ten-minute stroll, especially one that is fast-paced, will help
to cool your irritation as you practice the fight-or-flight
strategy by escaping the potential conflict, which is one of the
more popular and useful anger management techniques.
Other valuable anger management techniques include keeping a
diary and writing about negative emotions to get them out of
your system. You also may want to keep a pet, since studies show
that petting a dog or cat, for example, helps to reduce blood
pressure levels and harmful substances in your system that can
damage blood vessels if left unchecked. Talking over situations
with a trusted friend and venting to a therapist are two more
anger management techniques used by thousands.
Don’t let anger get the best of you. Experiment with these and
other anger management techniques, or visit useful websites like
anger-management-information.com (site is not complete yet) for
more information on how to tame the beast of anger in your
breast.


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