| Dealing With Your Own Anger | | | | with anger. Blame is very dis-empowering, and it |
| Anger is not a very enjoyable emotion and it can | | | | is sometimes sneaks its way into our psyche in |
| cause many problems. We often feel helpless in | | | | disguise. Make a conscious decision to let go of |
| our anger, but there are some simple techniques | | | | blame just as you would let go of holding onto |
| we can learn to help us reduce or eliminate our | | | | something that burns you. |
| anger and direct it in more healthy ways. | | | | Expression is the last key to managing your |
| Anger often is born out of a build up of stress, so | | | | anger. Trying to suppress anger you feel only |
| the first thing you can do is learn relaxation | | | | makes it fester until it boils over or causes |
| techniques that you can use when you are feeling | | | | damage to you. Anger often can be unraveled by |
| stressed. One technique is simply taking a break | | | | using the techniques just mentioned, but when it |
| and breathing deeply and letting go of the tension | | | | can't, it is important to express it in ways that do |
| held in your body. | | | | not harm you or others. Sometimes it is enough |
| It is our exaggerated and dramatic way of | | | | to communicate to someone, "I am angry |
| thinking that makes our anger escalate, so it is | | | | because I feel like..." At other times it is not helpful |
| important to start breaking the habit of this | | | | or possible to talk to the person with whom you |
| distorted way of thinking. When we are angry, | | | | are feeling anger. General anger can also be |
| we might be imagining that people are deliberately | | | | expressed in painting (even if you are not an |
| trying to hurt us or that we are powerless or | | | | artist), in poetry or music, in a journal, or some |
| that things beyond our control matters more than | | | | other safe manner. Just be careful that when you |
| it actually does. | | | | are expressing your anger, you are letting go of it |
| Control issues especially come up with anger. We | | | | and not increasing your anger. Managing anger |
| need to learn that we can't control others but | | | | should always make you feel more empowered. |
| also that we don't need to control others to be | | | | Social network users, for adding layouts to your |
| happy and safe. We only need to be able to | | | | page click Myspace Layouts . You can also use |
| direct our own thoughts and behavior, and more | | | | Myspace Comments to comment your friends on |
| consciously choose to take positive things from | | | | any social network. For Graphics click Myspace |
| situations and life. | | | | Graphics. |
| Blame is another issue that comes up frequently | | | | |