...Anger Anger is defined as an intense emotional response that occurs when ones basic boundaries are violated (Anger, n.d.) How often have you heard the saying not “to keep any anger in for the sake of your health? Yet, according to a study in the University of North Carolina in 2000, 13,000 students were given questionaries’ in which they rated their tendency to get angry. Years later, a follow up study showed that there (wrong there/their) blood pressure was normal. Yet, those who frequently lost their temper were three times more likely to have heart attacks than others. For this reason, I believe people should not vent out in anger because it can affect your health, create separation, and hinder one’s ability to find a better way to handle the situation at hand. (Perfect topic sentence!) Anger can affect your health in numerous ways. The constant flood of stress chemicals and metabolic changes associated with unmanaged anger can harm different areas of the body (Anger- how it affects people, n.d.). According to Jerry Kiffer a heart researcher at the Cleveland Clinic Psychological Testing Center quotes, “Stress response mobilizes for emergency, but when it becomes repetitive it causes wear and tear on the heart and cardiovascular system. Furthermore, frequent anger may speed up atherosclerosis – a fatty plaque that builds up in the arteries. How is it better to let out anger all the time? As it has been noted by professors and research sites anger can play a humongous roles...
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...Anger is a complex emotion. It is something we feel that can come about because of an ordeal; just as how we experience joy or sadness. Anger is a secondary emotion; primary emotion is felt right before we feel anger, for example, afraid, disrespected or trapped. However, emotions don't hurt others, practices do. Anger can also be portrayed as a strong emotional response to displeasure. Anger is a common feeling made in a battle or flight situation by our mind and body because when you sense danger your mind creates fear and anger; fear is the flight response and anger is the fight response. (Understanding Anger. n.d.) Sometimes our feelings can be real or imagined, but the response is just as real in both the situations. Our anger is mainly motivated by a desire to not be blamed followed by not wanting to feel hurt or experience fear. Fear is a feeling caused when we feel that someone or something is dangerous or is likely to cause a threat or pain. You start to procrastinate and are not able to think sensibly or logically. Fear forces limitations upon your ability which in the process ruins the relationship with others. For example, I fear talking to bullies as I feel they would pick on me. The immediate reaction to fear is anger most of the times; What triggers this anger in us? (what triggers our anger, n.d.) It is the way we translate an event as it decides our emotional response. Like trauma or abuse, if something horrible happened to us in the...
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...Every individual reacts to certain emotions differently. For example, there is a certain limit which an individual can take until they burst in rage. Some individuals keep anger inside and others rather let it all out. In society today, we express our emotions and many different forms which consist of body languages and facial features. Evolutionary perspective regarding human beings has adapted over time and has come a long way. Back in the day, emotions was explained to solve problems and determine what is wrong and right. Thus, emotions play a very important role in the past and also in the present. In our present time, we have adapted the emotions we had learned in the past such as dealing with heartbreaks, passing of loved ones, being scared, and much more. Therefore, it is safe to say that emotions such as rage plays a very important role in our body because it once anger is activated, our heart rate skyrockets, sweat begins dripping, muscles began to tense up, and your face turns blood red. Comparing men and women on how they react to the emotion of anger is rather difficult. It was stated that society and culture plays s very importsnt role in determimimg how men and women cope with anger.(miller and Kanazawa 29) Through the evolutionary process, there are many things which stood out and differentiate men from women which consisted of things like men adapted to become more rough and aggressive while women adapted to become more soft, sincere, and caring. It was...
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...Brian Gillam Anger Management April 26, 2014 * * Beyond Anger a Guide for Men Beyond Anger: A Guide for Men. Harbin’s book is grounded on the idea that men express their anger differently than women, and often their expression are more aggressive and violent. Using research studies, Harbin proves that anger in men is a problem because sometimes, anger manifests in maladaptive behaviors that can lead to impulsive crimes such as assault, battery, or murder. Through the book, Harbin aims to educate men about their anger and help them acknowledge the nature of their anger and its impact on their personal and professional lives so they can make changes in their lives and eventually learn to control or manage their anger in a positive and productive means. The following discussion deconstructs the book by section or part of the book. Beyond Anger has four parts. Part One has six chapters, Part Two has five chapters, Part Three has four chapters, and Part Four has five chapters. Hence, the following discussion will be broken down into four parts and the analysis will be per section and not by chapter. Part one are you angry, the first chapter, At the Boiling Point, introduces background on the topic, specifically how anger affects the demeanor of men, and as a consequence, how society perceives men’s anger. Unlike women, men are prone to aggressive or violent manifestations of anger, which consequently affect their personal and professional...
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...What Is Anger? Everyone has been angry and knows what anger is. Anger can vary widely and can be sparked by a variety of things. Anger is a natural and potentially productive emotion. However, anger can get out of control and become destructive and problematic. So why do we get angry? People get angry when their expectations are not met -- whether those expectations are about the future, about themselves, or about others. When our expectations are unmet, we revert to illusions of control, "unrealistically expecting all people to behave and all situations to turn out as we think they should." Anger over these unmet expectations often leads us to blame others and shift aggression towards them. Gary Ginter, a psychologist who specializes in anger management explains that there are several sources of anger: physiological, cognitive, and behavioural. Physiological anger is natural anger. In certain threatening situations, for instance when we are attacked physically, our bodies respond by making us physically angry. Cognitive sources of anger are based on how we perceive things. These perceptions may be accurate...a situation may, indeed, be threatening, or they may not be. Sometimes we will perceive a threat, even though the external situation is not actually as dangerous as we think it is. In other words, there may be no real reason for anger, but our personal biases and emotions take over, leading to aggression. Finally, behavioural sources of anger come from the environment...
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...How Parental Anger Effects our Children and How to Cope. By Whitney Chmiela Parenting is the hardest job in the world, with long unpaid hours of noisy, messy, repetitive, exhausting, frustrating work. It is no wonder and justifiable feelings of anger sometimes. It is far too often that parents teeter the line between anger and abuse. Parents are concerned about how frequently they get angry and how they react, and with good reason. Parents are particularly concerned with corporal punishment (physical punishment). Corporal punishment is a small step from excessive anger which can ultimately lead to abuse. There is a growing epidemic of child abuse in North America. Non abusive anger is just as destructive for a child’s spirit and psyche. Children with angry parents will start believing that they are bad people and that they deserve the treatment they are receiving. As well, children will learn negative ways of dealing with their own anger. Let’s start by defining what defines anger. Anger serves a purpose by either discharging or blocking awareness of other painful feelings (emotional or physical) or unmet needs or desires. It also relieves tension. When you are angry you feel powerful. Whereas when you are anxious, you have feelings of vulnerability and helplessness. To become angry two requirements are needed stress and trigger thoughts. Stress is an everyday norm between working long hours, taking care of children and a house and trying to find you “you” time, couple...
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...Anger management Anger management is a cognitive behavioural technique based on a model by Ray Novaco in which he describes anger as a strong emotion with physiological, behavioural and cognitive elements. Anger management teaches relaxation techniques to deal with the physiological response to anger. For example, increased heart rate, cognitive restructuring to retrain through patterns and time out or assertive training to deal with the behavioural element of anger There are 3 steps in anger management. Firstly the Cognitive preparation is presented which is where offenders identify situations that provoke anger so they can recognise when an aggressive outburst is likely to occur. Thought patterns are challenged, for example, if they became angry when laughed at, they might work through alternative conclusions such as that people are laughing at the behaviour and not them. They also consider the negative consequence of their anger on others. Skills acquisition is the second step where offenders learn new coping skills to deal with anger provoking situations such as stop and think or counting. Relaxation techniques are also learnt to help calm the physiological response. Assertiveness training can help deal with the issue constructively rather than violently. And lastly the application practice where offenders role-play a variety of scenarios to practice these new skills learnt to control anger, and these are conducted in controlled environments so that the offender is safe...
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...just couldn't help it. He got mad because Rohit said he was ugly. You've taught him that fighting is wrong, but you've also taught him that it is wrong to call other people names or to do things that would make them feel bad. But what if someone does something to make him feel bad? How should he handle his anger? Answering that question may seem difficult for a parent. Your child is bombarded with messages teaching violence as the way to handle anger, but you want him to be better than that. Fighting is not the way to express displeasure. When teaching him how to handle anger, it is vital that you don't unconsciously teach him that anger is wrong. Your child must learn that all of his feelings are normal, acceptable, and universally experienced. Even anger. He may think that because he is angry, he is a bad person. Feeling a certain way does not make him good or bad. The only thing that will make your child's emotions good or bad is the way they are handled. Children Expressing Anger Anger is the most difficult emotion to handle, especially for young children. Your child is just beginning to understand and label the way she is feeling inside. Children express anger when they are frustrated with something or get their feelings hurt by another. Children cannot distinguish feelings from actions, so when they are upset, they bite, hit, kick, or scream. In order for your child to calm down, you must express empathy, warmth, and support. As your child grows, he will begin to...
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...Aristotle says that anger can be fair and I agree with him, but I do think that it should be handled as smart as possible. It is the constant struggle between too much and too little of everything that leads one to the paramount of lifestyles. When anger is used irrationality or in excess it will lead to chaos and pain not only to the holder but to the people around. I do believe that some situations are justified to be angry about, for example when an innocent is abused or killed. A situation does not necessarily need to be severe to be unjust. Just as an example, a family member, or anyone, steals items or money that you collected with sacrifice and effort. It is exceedingly important to know with what and when to be angry. This is the most difficult of decisions. Aristotle also believes that justice is a type of virtue. In other words, a just act is one of virtue. The lack of anger could result in a problematic society. If there were nothing to evaluate how we would then interact with one another? To say “live a life without anger” is as intense of a statement as saying “live a life without emotion”. So, it is ok to get angry, but by justifying the anger does not mean we should create a horrific scene and leave everyone with a well-funded memory of how things will end up if we are being teased or if things do not go our way. We should always try to seek peace and be the mature person without suppressing the anger. It’s a big challenge because this would include knowing...
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...Hello everybody today i wann tell you something about Anger managment. Anger Management is an American comedy series that premiered on FX on June 28, 2012. The series is based on the 2003 film of the same name. Anger Management broke a ratings record with 5.74 million viewers in its series debut and ranks as the most-watched sitcom premiere in cable history. Acutally there are 10 episodes and 90 more were ordered by FX. Now ill tell you something about the characters. The main character is Charlie Sheen as Dr. Charlie Goodson and its his first acting role since he was officially fired from the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men.Charlie once was a baseball player with problems with his aggressions and now offers his services as a therapist against anger. Now he has his daughter Sam and his ex-wife Jennifer and an affair with his therapist Kate and a group with anger problems. The group consists of Lacey, Nolan, Ed and Patrick. Lacey is a spoiled rich girl who had to join the therapy group after shooting her boyfriend in the testicles when he cheated on her. Nolan’s anger issue is that he has no anger. And Ed is an old Vietnam veteran who hates everything and always makes fun of the gay Patrick. In January 2013 FX will broadcast the new episodes which were produced since September. The Tele München Group obtained the broadcast rights in Germany and will send it on VOX, but its not known when we can watch it in the tv. In my opinion Charlie’s new show is very funny and definitely well...
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...Managing Anger... Let us first know, it is the secondary emotion which cause's anger, fear is the chief essential source of all anger. If you've problems coping with your anger, fright is most possibly the supply of your trouble. Whilst you discover the way to cope with fearfulness you're taking a big soar in the direction of commanding your lifestyles. Making use of rational self-speaks strategies is considered the best key for addressing worry. If negative questioning is a part of your each day life, you are able to effortlessly adjust your state of mind by abiding few guidelines. Outrage can be typical and solid feeling that helps us instinctually identify and react to an undermining circumstance. More than this, when it is appropriately directed, it can be an intense propelling power; we as a whole know how hard we can function to cure an undeniable treachery. Nonetheless, it can likewise be a feeling that gains out of power, prompting to stress, trouble, awfulness and despondency. Uncontrolled rage can...
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... Prof. Cuccioli Psy-101-CW5 01 December, 2012 Anger Management Anger Management is a film by Peter Segal where Buddy Rydell the anger therapist tries to cure Dave Buznik’s anger issues. Dave has built in anger that goes back to his childhood and he doesn’t vent it well. Buddy puts Dave through a series of tests to help him with his anger issues. Linda Dave’s girlfriend is concerned and after reading Buddy’s book she employed his services to help. Many of the events and people were manipulated by Buddy to test Dave. Chuck is Dave’s anger ally and he is learning to control his anger like Dave. Dave’s insecurities made him unable to kiss Linda in front others Anger Management begins with Dave being charged with assaulting a flight attendant even though what really happened was not that extreme. Dave has to undergo anger management therapy under Buddy who was sitting next to him on the plane, and while in therapy he lost his temper once. Buddy decides Dave needs more help so he resorts to moving in with him. Buddy follows Dave to work and observes how he handles anger in a work environment. Buddy put Dave through a series of tests to test his sexuality, control of a situation, and confidents. Buddy tests Dave by staging himself taking his girlfriend, Dave’s world shatters, and he is face with a final test that he did not expect. Dave Buznik’s anger problems rooted as a child from being bullied, and from holing in anger until he snaps. Dave raised his voice on a plane and...
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...The Negative Effect of Anger Anger is an emotion that is probably the most manifested and the most difficult to contain. It is usually easy for people to get mad and nag about something that doesn’t goes well for them. Defined as “a feeling of sudden and strong displeasure and antagonism directed against the cause of an assumed wrong or injury”, anger is oftentimes overpowering that people cannot hold it resulting into a bigger problem (Jones, 2004). As a person grows older and is expose in a different scenario, feeling angry becomes a potential destruction for him. When you hear someone throwing negative thoughts about you, it is understandable to be angry. Anger is considered as an act of self-defense especially if you feel that someone is ruining your dignity. The question is, how long and how intense your anger will last? Dealing anger longer than necessary can destroy your social life. If you keep the annoying feeling towards somebody, you end up losing a friend out of that person. “Expressions of anger elicit negative impressions, reciprocal hostility, and sometimes retaliation (Potegal, 2010)”. An irritated person is unconsciously building a wall against a possible reconciliation and his outrage prevents him from accepting logic. Furious person also undergoes self-destruction. His body produces chemical reaction every time he feels mad. Muscles inside the body become tense that prevents the normal routine of different body organs. Hypertension, insomnia, heart...
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...Anger has a variety of ways of presenting itself. It can come from frustration or many other situations. It can be out of simple arguments or ones day just doesn’t go right. Anger can be expressed as a way of relief of stress. Anger can cloud a persons mind and their actions. Anger in excess can affect physical and mental conditions as well as ones social life. Anger has a way of expressing ones personal and negative feelings towards a subject or person. This is a natural emotion normally provoked by something not going right for you or someone at work just gives another person a hard time at their job. More than likely it will result in stress and it will normally link itself over to anger and frustration. This causes one to lose focus and become agitated with any little thing. When a situation such as this occurs one is bound to snap at the instant that incident occurs or it could be moments later. All of this even revolves around the situation and environment that one is in, but one would never the less in other words snap to release the stress that the individual is holding back. All of this happens so that the individual under going the emotion of anger is to let go of it and feel relaxed once again and regain focus. Anger can also be seen as a very positive attribute and emotion both in old and modern society. It has the ability to push ones limits to accomplish a goal or simply for a drive for economic and, or social prevalence. Anger has been...
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...Views of Anger Much could be said about both psychology and anger, but how do the two correlate with one another? Is anger something that we can control by our actions and ideas? Is it always lingering in the bottom of our minds helping us judge our every move? Is it just a bunch of chemical reactions in our brain that we have no control over? Does have a greater or lesser effect upon opposite sexes? And if any of these are in effect, how does one deal with anger? In this text we will go over the five views of psychology and their takes on anger and also how to deal with it. Neuroscince is the approach that views behavior from the perspective of the brain, the nervous system and other biological functions. This view basically sees us humans mainly as highly evolved animals where are hereditary can be a major influence as to who we are. It believes that all behavior can be traced back and broken into biological components. So when dealing with anger, Dr. Mark Goulston asks, “What comes first in anger, a low level of functional dopamine and serotonin or an adrenaline surge?” First off, both dopamine and serotonin are actual chemicals transmitted through brain that have very positive effects. When you have a high level of these two chemicals you usually will feel more upbeat, care-free, happy, and not so easily angered. But when you have a low level of these two chemicals you feel groggy, irritable, and more stressed. Another factor comes into play that determines our anger and...
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