What Can These 3 Things Tell You About Anger Management?
Early on in life, kids learn how to manage their emotions. For better or worse, they figure out how to navigate relationships, deal with emotions, learn social skills, and figure out adult life. Anger, depression, and substance use issues can pop up as a result of not having healthy bonds or relationships early on. People sometimes act out of anger because that’s all they know. Learning some tips and tools to manage anger helps people feel more in control and connected to their emotions.
Can’t Run Away
Feeling vulnerable is difficult, but anger is usually secondary to something else. When a person digs down, they find other issues like fear, pride, sadness, or other issues underneath. When exploring the anger, it can also come from feelings of loneliness, rejection, or abandonment. Early experiences can send messages that are incorrect around vulnerable emotions that are not ‘safe’ or ‘welcomed.’ learning to stuff them is not healthy and may result in chronic anger or inappropriate behavior with anger towards self and others.
Addiction Risk is Greater
With anger comes addictive tendencies. Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) often occurs together with substance use disorders like mood and anxiety issues. Rage and shame go hand-in-hand with addiction. People may go straight to anger when feelings come up because anger is ‘easier.’ these issues and feelings may fuel anger, also. Alcohol and drugs are a coping mechanism for people who are at risk of addiction due to anger issues.
Productive Anger is Good
Being angry in the right way with the right tone and legitimate reasons can be constructive. It can help navigate arguments fully and vet them so everyone feels the conflict is out there to be resolved. Being emotionally or physically attacked, injured, or otherwise, is unnatural and causes harm. Provoking others or being provoked is not good, either. It means nobody feels safe. It can inspire someone to think about how else to better deal with anger than in this way.
When Anger Hurts
The best way to deal with anger management is to seek help in rehab. Usually, it partners with alcoholism or addiction, but not always. It may pair up with mental health issues, as well, which needs to be addressed. Anger management is never one, or even three, things, but a series of things that can be done to help promote healing and hope. The goal should be to restore relationships and manage issues effectively to keep marriages, partnerships, and other relationships strong. Getting therapy can help with navigating the challenges this brings so the individual can live a healthy, fulfilling, life.
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