Here are some healthy and unhealthy ways to deal with anger:
Healthy ways:
- Take deep breaths
- Go for a walk
- Talk to a friend
- Write in a journal
- Listen to music
- Do yoga or other exercise
Unhealthy ways:
- Yell or scream
- Hit or throw things
- Say hurtful things
- Sulk
- Use drugs or alcohol
- Storm off
The healthiest ways to deal with anger are methods that allow you to calm down without hurting yourself or others, such as deep breathing, walking, journaling, or calling a friend. Unhealthy ways like yelling, hitting, or using substances only make the situation worse.
Here are some healthy and unhealthy ways to deal with anger:
Healthy ways:
- Take deep breaths
- Go for a walk
- Talk to a friend
- Write in a journal
- Listen to music
- Do yoga or other exercise
Unhealthy ways:
- Yell or scream
- Hit or throw things
- Say hurtful things
- Sulk
- Use drugs or alcohol
- Storm off
The healthiest ways to deal with anger are methods that allow you to calm down without hurting yourself or others, such as deep breathing, walking, journaling, or calling a friend. Unhealthy ways like yelling, hitting, or using substances only make the situation worse.
Here are some healthy and unhealthy ways to deal with anger:
Healthy ways:
- Take deep breaths
- Go for a walk
- Talk to a friend
- Write in a journal
- Listen to music
- Do yoga or other exercise
Unhealthy ways:
- Yell or scream
- Hit or throw things
- Say hurtful things
- Sulk
- Use drugs or alcohol
- Storm off
The healthiest ways to deal with anger are methods that allow you to calm down without hurting yourself or others, such as deep breathing, walking, journaling, or calling a friend. Unhealthy ways like yelling, hitting, or using substances only make the situation worse.
Here are some healthy and unhealthy ways to deal with anger:
Healthy ways:
- Take deep breaths
- Go for a walk
- Talk to a friend
- Write in a journal
- Listen to music
- Do yoga or other exercise
Unhealthy ways:
- Yell or scream
- Hit or throw things
- Say hurtful things
- Sulk
- Use drugs or alcohol
- Storm off
The healthiest ways to deal with anger are methods that allow you to calm down without hurting yourself or others, such as deep breathing, walking, journaling, or calling a friend. Unhealthy ways like yelling, hitting, or using substances only make the situation worse.
REACT? How will you react when How will you react when you saw your boyfriend you are falling in line and laughing or giggling with you saw someone sneak another girl? in because she knew someone in there? How will you react when you hear someone talking negative about you? 3 TYPES OF RESPONSES • Behaving passive means not expressing your
PASSIVE RESPONSE own needs and feelings, or expressing them so
weakly that they will not be addressed.
• A passive response is not usually your best
interest because it allows other people to violate your rights.
• Yet, there are times that being passive is the
most appropriate response.
• “I’ll feel really bad if I ask them to stop doing
that.”
• “Will I feel silly...”
• “They won’t like me if I do that.”
• “I’ll feel guilty about turning them down.”.
• Is a style in which PASSIVE RESPONSE individuals have developed a pattern of avoiding expressing their opinions or feelings, protecting their rights, as a result, individuals do not respond overtly to hurtful situations or anger-inducing situations. AGGRESSIVE RESPONSE • Behaving aggressive is asking for what you want or saying how you feel in a threatening, sarcastic or humiliating way that may offend other people.
• An aggressive response is never in your best
interest, because it almost always leads to increased conflict.
• Being aggressive is often defined as
establishing one’s rights in a way that violates or ignores the rights of others: In other words, getting your own way at other people’s expense.
• Aggressive behaviour often involves putting
people down, making them feel guilty, intimidated, small, incompetent, foolish or worthless. AGGRESSIVE RESPONSE• Defined as establishing one’s rights in a way that violates or ignores the rights of others. • Getting your own way at other’s people’s expense. • Aggressive Behavior involves putting eople down, making them feel guilty, intimated,small, incompetent, foolish or worthless. ASSERTIVE RESPONSE • Behaving assertive means asking for what you want or saying how you feel in an honest and respectful way that does not infringe on another person’s rights or put the individual down.
• An assertive response is almost always in your
best interest, since it is your best chance of getting what you want without offending the other person’s.
• But, not all the time being assertive is
appropriate like in situations if tempers are high, if people have been using alcohol or other drugs, if people have weapons, or you are in an unsafe place.
• Simply put, the more you make your opinions
known; the more you ask for what you need; the greater chance you have of achieving your aims. ASSERTIVE RESPONSE • Balance response , being neither passive nor aggressive, with self confidence playing an important part. • An assertive person responds as an equal to others and aims to be open in expressing their wishes, thoughts and feelings. ASSERTIVE RESPONSE • Assertiveness can help you control stress & anger and improve coping skills> It means that you express yourself effectively and stand up for your point of view, respecting the rights of others & beliefs of others. EXAMPLES: Passive: Geneva is standing in the line, and not saying anything even though she saw girls sneaking in and the ticket office will run out of tickets before she gets to the head of the line. Aggressive: If Geneva calls the girls names or threatens them, she may feel strong for a moment, but there is no guarantee she will get the girls to leave. The girls might respond aggressively and will start a fight. Assertive: If Geneva tells the girls they need to go to the end of the line because other people have been waiting, she will put not the girls down, but merely state the fact of the situation. ACTIVTY: AM I ASSERTIVE? • ASSERTIVENESS IS THE ABILITY TO EXPRESS YOUR WISHES AND BELIEFS IN A POSITIVE WAY. TOO LITTLE ASSERTIVENESS CAN MAKE YOU A DOORMAT. TOO MUCH, AND YOU CAN BE BOSSY AND AGGRESSIVE
• 1. THINK OF A TIME WHEN YOU WERE A DOORMAT.
• WHAT HAPPENED? _______________________________________________ • WHAT DID YOU DO? ________________________________________________ • HOW DID YOU FEEL? _______________________________________________ NOW THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO HANDLE THAT SITUATION IN THE FUTURE. WRITE A BETTER RESPONSE AND PRACTICE IT. ACTIVTY: AM I ASSERTIVE? • ASSERTIVENESS IS THE ABILITY TO EXPRESS YOUR WISHES AND BELIEFS IN A POSITIVE WAY. TOO LITTLE ASSERTIVENESS CAN MAKE YOU A DOORMAT. TOO MUCH, AND YOU CAN BE BOSSY AND AGGRESSIVE
• 1. THINK OF A TIME WHEN YOU TOO BOSSY.
• WHAT HAPPENED? _______________________________________________ • WHAT DID YOU DO? ________________________________________________ • HOW DID YOU FEEL? _______________________________________________ NOW THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO HANDLE THAT SITUATION IN THE FUTURE. WRITE A BETTER RESPONSE AND PRACTICE IT. ACTIVITY: GET A GRIP ON ANGER
•WRITE / LIST SOME WAYS THAT ARE
USED TO DEAL WITH ANGER. • EXAMPLES •INCLUDE BOTH GOOD AND BAD THROW THINGS METHODS. WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED SCREAM WITH A LIST, DECIDE ON THE METHODS COUNT TO 10 THAT ARE HEALTHY WAYS TO DEAL WITH ANGER.