15/01/2024
ℹ️🌿 WORKING WITH ANGER |
Anger is uncomfortable. Symptoms might include sweating, tightness in the chest, and tension in the head and eyes…. From a biological point of view, anger is a call to action, a response to threat.
Despite the fact that in our culture the expression of anger is often disapproved of, it is an important signal to ourselves that something is not right. We may find ourselves wanting to lash out while also knowing that we are going too far. How real is the actual threat? Is the thing we have chosen to focus our anger on the real issue? What is actually driving the anger?
Our responses need to be appropriate but that is not straightforward. There are stereotypes about what forms of expression of anger are appropriate for men and women. The patterns of anger expression we grew up with may not be appropriate to the context we live in as adults.
Read the Full Article: https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/memberarticles/working-with-anger
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