Best Way to Practice Anger Management

Who does not know how it feels when you are really angry to down to your very last nerve when it feels like you will just do something really bad. There are times and places where people can easily lose their emotional balance and calmness. Usually it happens when a person is stuck in traffic, or losing mind at the workplace, or may be due to something in the family, etc. Anger management is become a rapidly growing challenge today. I am sure you might have encountered a few angry drivers on the road who are a threat to others on the road and to themselves as well. I mean you can simply spot the drivers by their reckless driving that they are not in a good mood.

The other day I was driving when another driver crossed me but could not cross the school bus that was already in front of me. He continued the honk the horn and tried to rush from the sides but the growing anger made him drive into the ditch; thankfully nobody got hurt. I mean this is what happens when you are angry; your mind is not thinking and you end up doing something that should not have happened.

Well, it does not really matter whether you get angry and stressed out while stuck in traffic, being at work, in the family, or on the sports field; one thing that is common in all the situations is that you will surely not make any friends or influence anyone by losing your mind and just exploding with anger. Relations get ruined due to uncontrolled anger and you need to avoid this; anger management is the solution. I call it the ACE therapy that stands for Awareness, Clarified Thinking, and Enlightened Actions. This is very important.

Well, anger management cannot really begin unless you accept that you do have a problem and are under the control of anger monkeys. I mean, look back at the past week and see where all you became angry and what the outcomes were; mostly they were not positive or healthy I am sure. Now just relax and think how you should have responded in all those situations and what the outcomes could have been. Keeping calm and being in control of your anger would not only keep your relationships safe but you will also personally benefit a lot from this. Below are a few ways of anger management everyone suffering from anger should practice.

You need to start with finding all the possible ways that keep you soothe and calm. I would strongly suggest that you start practicing exercising like deep breathing whenever you get time. Think about a scene that feels relaxing. Also, repeating a phrase or word that feels calming to your own self really helps a lot too. Other anger management practices would include yoga, journal, listening to relaxing music, and praying in your free time. You should start keeping yourself away from situations where you might feel angry and if in such a situation; be ready take a step back. You need to carry something with you that will make you step back from any condition like that and reminds you the importance of taking control of anger. For example, keep a piece of paper with you that has anger management tips on it, or a little marble, or may be a wrist band; whatever works the best for your anger management. Secondly, if you are angry at someone; imagine yourself in the place of that person and see how you feel like.

You might have heard about think before you speak; it is an important tip of anger management practice. Always think twice and carefully before saying anything, make sure you do not say anything that will make you regret afterwards. Whenever you feel angry, start counting to 50 or a 100 or may be just sit back and start singing the ABC song slowly to yourself. Lastly, you have to start using “I” in your statements from now on. Instead of blaming and criticizing over someone just say that how you felt towards it. for example; I did not like you going to the soccer game today instead of blaming that you should not have went to the game today and you did something very bad. Make it a habit of forgiving and asking to be forgiven; holding a grudge will get you nowhere in this short life. It is best that you forgive, forget, and move on. There is no use over holding to things and getting mad over them.