What is the best way to manage anger?
There is nothing wrong with expressing anger since everyone has their ups and downs. Although this doesn't mean people should encourage it either. Venting our anger will undoubtedly affect our physical health via heart disease, diabetes, weak immune system, insomnia and high blood pressure. Mentally, it leads to making it difficult for one to focus on a task as well as stress., depression, etc. It can affect one's work if they lash out on coworkers and employers. Compromise and creative differences are encouraged at work as a whole though. Lastly, anger can cause tensions between family, friends, and anyone else close to an individual. Fortunately for us, there are plenty of way to detect symptoms of our anger and reduce broken friendships. The first tip is to dig a little deeper. Whether it is due to having a tough time compromising, different point of views from a majority, or struggle expressing emotions other than anger, its worth taking a moment to do some reflecting. These are several physical symptoms that can be a giveaway to anger: clenching the jaw or a fist, knots on the stomach, breathing fast, the need to walk around, pounding heart, and tense shoulders. Discovering triggers can be helpful for thinking over a situation more carefully. Some examples are overgeneralization, over use of “shoulds” and “must”, constantly jumping to conclusions, bringing up any little thing possible, even if said memory had nothing to do with is discussed at the moment, and blaming anyone but themselves. The ways to calm down after being angry is different for everyone but if there were a few common one, those would have to be take deep breaths, count to ten slowly, move about, and to stretch lightly.
