Blog Entries tagged 'anger management'

Is bitterness a mental illness?

test3@uticopa.com — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Bitterness is a common occurrence, ranging in strength according to the reason for it. As two extremes, think of how the Jewish people viewed the Nazis during WW2, compared to a person today who harbours feelings against a bank who has refused him a home loan. At one end of the scale, a traumatic event can make a whole people angry, pessimistic, aggressive and hopeless. For most, though, it is a fleeting emotion, one that slips away as readily as any other as the hours progress and new though [...]

Anger - how to deal with it?

editor@uticopa.com — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

How do we show our anger?

Here are two people arguing during a political protest. Both protesters became angry and aggressive, as evidenced by their body language and facial expressions. Their faces are flushed, the brow muscles have moved inward and downward, fixing a hard stare on the [...]

Anger - a normal emotion

editor@uticopa.com — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

We all think we understand what anger is. However, today's society produces so many frightening situations triggering our anger - whether it be terrorism on a global scale, or the burgeoning effects of too-many people trying to live in too-small a space - that it's worth ‘unpacking' exactly what anger is so t [...]

Anger - how to control it?

editor@uticopa.com — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

"Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world." William Shenstone (Scottish writer, 1714-63)

Change the way you think

Angry people tend to swear or speak in highly colourful language that reflects their inner thoughts. Try replacing these thoughts with more rational ones. For instance, instead of telling yourself "oh, everything's ruined," tell yourself "it's frustrating but it's no [...]

Are We an Angry Nation?

editor@uticopa.com — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Over the past few months The Mental Health Foundation has been researching whether or not we are becoming a nation of angry people, and what support there is for those who feel that they cannot control this primal emotion.

Of the 2,000 people surveyed, almost a third said that they knew someone who struggled with anger, and in a similar Government survey more than three fifths said they felt people were getting angrier.

What is quite worrying is that there really is very l [...]