Anger is one of the many emotions experienced by everyone, a natural response when we feel threatened or feel we are being treated unfairly, or when our needs desires and goals are not realized. We may also become angry when those close to us are mistreated or persons unknown to us with whom we identify are discriminated against. Anger ranges from mild irritation to intense fury and rage. Anger becomes a problem when the anger emotion is too intense, occurs frequently and expressed inappropriately. Many times anger is not the primary emotion but is an expression of other emotions such as fear, disappointment, grief and frustration. Recognizing the primary emotion helps in the management of angry behavior..
You may feel that you are not an angry person and that this dialogue is not about you. You may view yourself as someone who keeps your anger emotion inside in order to ‘keep the peace” and is therefore not in need of help. This way of dealing with your anger may not hurt others but will hurt you as the storm is kept within you unresolved for years. If you keep suppressing your anger emotion it will explode some day or you may develop illnesses such as high blood pressure, heart disease and others or you may express your anger feeling in passive aggressive ways. There can be help for you. Read more