Anger Management Techniques

By Thomas Crown

We all remember the Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson movie called Anger Management where Nicholson tries to teach Sandler techniques that will help him control his anger. Now in reality anger management is never something to laugh at. In fact it can be a problem for people who have anger issues.

In America there are thousands if not millions of people who are suffering everyday from anger. Anger is a serious issue and will consume you and everyone around you if you don't find a way to control your anger issues. So how do you find the right anger management techniques that will stop your anger problem?

There are many anger management techniques that one can apply in their life to help control there anger issues. One of the easiest ones to practice is trying to come in agreement with the person you are angry at. In other words the anger you feel towards someone will remain in you unless you talk to the person that made you mad. Another example of anger management techniques used is the use of meditation. What is recommended that you do is to sit and meditate along with using deep breathing to control your body and relax your mind.

Psychologist suggests several methods when dealing with anger management issues. One of these methods is called the direct method. With the direct method, the person expresses their displeasure with another person, this does not mean to beat the crap out of someone. It just means that you need to address a person with direct body language. It is important that you communicate clearly your feelings toward the other person.

Another approach to anger management is called the honorable method. This is where you take responsibility for your actions and you don't make excuses for the reasons why you did what you did. This is considered to be the hardest method as it is often times hard to admit self failure and admit where you are lacking.

The next approach you can use to help with your anger management issues is the focused approach. This works great if you are in the middle of an argument with somebody else. With this method you will stick to the issue that is present; you don't want to bring up the past in the middle of an argument. It's like adding fuel to the fire if you bring up past issues!

In the listen approach to anger management the person with the issue listens to what is being said to them by the other people involved in the issue at the current time. Anger tends to create a filter to where what is being said is often times not heard because the person automatically hears a negative tone coming from the other person.

Anger management can only work if the person with the anger problem is will to work on the problem. If they do not think they have a problem, they will not participate whole hearted. This is the biggest hurtle to get over when it comes to recovering from anger problems.

People need to realize that when dealing with people with anger issues there is a sense of duel responsibility that both people share. The reason for this is because it is up to the person with the issue to keep their anger under control while it is the other persons responsibility to not keep provoking the person in question. Anger management is an ongoing process that takes time to master and it is a method .

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