Learning to Control Anger: Part 1 of 3
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Learning to Control Anger: Part 1 of 3
There are three basic steps to learning to control anger: 1) recognizing anger cues, 2) moving the anger from the limbic system in the brain (where emotions arise) to the frontal cortex (where you can more rationally deal with them), and 3) learning to use anger reducers.
First, it is important to recognize that everyone gets angry and it is important to let children know it is okay to get angry. It is when we get caught up in anger patterns that are unnecessary or unhealthy for us or someone else that anger needs to be managed.
The first step in controlling anger is to know when we are getting angry. Much of the time we really do not realize we are becoming angry until we are well into the anger pattern. Steps two and three are addressed in related tips.
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