Managing Anger
Some situations or conditions could lead to anger.
Anger is fundamentally caused by how a person thinks about or perceives certain situations. The following factors could serve as triggers, resulting in anger:
- Perceived loss of control
- Feeling disrespected
- Feeling frustrated
- Unfulfilled expectations
- Lack of consideration
- Confrontational persons/situations
- Sibling rivalry (e.g. competing for the love of a parent)
- Organization being disrupted
- Mimicking behaviour on the part of others
- Feeling ignored
- Put-downs by others
- False accusations
- Provocation by peers/others
- Intimidation on the part of others
- Being talked down to
- Perception of injustice
- Perception of not being believed
- Abuse (physical, emotional & sexual) – past and present
- Failure to achieve one’s goal(s)
- Deprived of love/nurturance
- Shortage of money
- Being cut off on the road while driving
- Losses of different sorts, for example, the death of a parent/spouse, etc.
- Physical injury/pain, e.g. migraine headaches.
