How to Control Anger

How to control anger...the ways to do it are probably endless. If I were to begin trying to list the ways for you, it would be more than you are willing to see right now. What you will find is that as you spend time looking for ways to control anger you will find out more and more about what you need to know. And once you know what to do you will then see how it is applied to your situation.

On this page we are only considering four out of a multitude of possible things that people do to keep their anger manageable.

Firstly, get into the habit of expressing yourself clearly. This is one of the best things that you can do. Often times it is the people who are passive and do not express themselves clearly who have the big eruptions of anger.

These people tend to have a habit of keeping their wishes down and in situations of disagreement always allow the other person to have their way. They do it for so long until it reaches the point where they have given so much that they start to feel cheated. Then one day someone tries to get them to continue giving and they have had enough of it. The result is that they explode with anger. And it often looks as if the anger they showed was much bigger than the situation had called for. So one way for you to control your anger is to make sure that you are being more assertive.

How to control anger...The second thing to do to make headway with controlling your anger is to spend time learning about and understanding yourself. Look at yourself and be able to tell when you are first starting to get angry. It is when you are first starting to become angry that you want to grab your anger up and control it before it grows too big. It is easier to deal with like this.

Know the situations that make you angry. Then all you need to do to keep anger controlled is to avoid these situations.

A third important thing is you want to make sure that you do not have anger outbursts. Talk to someone about the things that get under your skin.

If there is someone else along with you who understands your point of view there is a better chance that you will not be as angry about a situation than if you were alone.

A fourth thing for you to do is to write about your anger. This is a powerful thing to do, and should not be underestimated.

Getting your annoyances out on paper gives you the ability to step back and look at your situation as if it were happening to someone else. With this view, you will be able to come up with ideas to help that person. The only thing is that person is you, and you can then apply your solutions to the problem you are dealing with.