Anger Management

Anger is purely natural and sometimes necessary if it is expressed properly. It becomes a real problem when it cannot be managed and it begin to affect your daily activities and coordination. Anger is a strong feeling of annoyance great displeasure and provocation. Expression of anger varies from person to person just as what infuriates each one of us differs. Ability to control one's response to provocation and remain calm is a skill most people are yet to master. There is a quote " try manage your anger since people can't manage their stupidity."

Here are some effects of unmanaged anger on health and well being:  

• Headaches
• Insomnia
• Increased Anxiety
• High blood pressure
• Depression 
• Heart attack.                                                                                                                                         Do you fume when someone insults you in traffic? Do you go crazy when your child becomes uncooperative? Or you feel your inside boiling and your head about to explode when your partner misbehave?  Are your friends always tiptoeing around you just to avoid your anger outburst? Let's take a look at these tips to help deal with it in a positive way without damaging your health and relationship.                                                                                                                                                                                Anger Management tips
• Take a quick breathing exercise; inhale and exhale like five times or more.
• Practise Calm: Mentally tell yourself " Calm down". You can take a cup of water. Acknowledge that you are angry but you do not want it to escalate.
• Talk about it with someone: Talking about it kind of feel like a burden is being lifted off of you because of the sense of relief.
• Exercise; This helps blood flow, it also distract you from what is going on. 
• Process your thoughts carefully: What you do when you are angry could either build or destroy a relationship, so you need to carefully 
• Identify triggers: know what makes you angry, try as much as possible to avoid them as much as possible. Do find your colleagues jokes very annoying, try as much as possible to avoid engaging in such conversations with the person.
• Walk away: This helps to avoid a whole lot of drama and uneasiness. Walking away to avoid heated arguments is one of the wisest thing to do. In relationships, misunderstandings escalates due the wrong words spoken at each other during arguments.
• Create distractions: Involve in activities that takes your mind off that issue or provocation.
• Identify Possible solutions: Instead of focusing on what the problem is and how it made you feel, look for ways to solve the issue at hand. Anger do not solve anything but it can only make the situation worse and make you feel terrible afterwards.