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When you feel yourself getting angry, doing things slowly can help your body begin to relax.
What is deep breathing
Name one healthy way and one unhealthy way someone might express anger.
Answers vary.
Calling someone names, humiliating them, or making them feel bad about themselves are examples of this?
What is emotional abuse
To feel defeated. If a person is doing something or experiencing something and he feels like he wants to give up, it is because he/she has become______. Often times this leads to anger.
What is frustration?
Instead of continuing an argument when your heated, you can do this and return to the conversation when your calmer. Starts with a T.
What is take a time out?
The most common thing one can do when he becomes angry is_____. This gives you time to calm down as you are doing this. Hint: You can start backwards or you can start from the beginning.
What is count to ten?
Controlling who someone talks to, where they go or what they do is this harmful behavior
What is isolation/exclusion?
Name five healthy coping strategies?
Various Answers
You can also do ________when you are angry. People looking at you may think that you are crazy but it works. Hint: It begins with a t
What is talk to yourself.
Spreading rumors, telling lies about someone, or threatening to expose their weaknesses is an example of this.
What is peer pressure?
It means holding your feelings inside instead of expressing or dealing with them.
“What is bottling up your emotions?”
Your heart starts racing, your muscles tighten, and your voice gets louder. Recognizing these signals can help you calm down. Starts with a W
What is warning signs.
What type of behavior is inappropiate when expressing your anger? Give me two examples.
Various examples
Using looks, actions, gestures or destroying property to make someone afraid is called this.
What is intimidation
When someone hurts my feelings or makes me upset, this is a healthy way to communicate how I feel.
What is using "I" statements. Ex. I feel that you were trying to hurt me...
Think about a time when you were angry and wanted to react immediately, but you stopped yourself. What helped you control your reaction, and what might have happened if you had not.
Answers will vary. You should have identified what helped them use self-control and a possible consequence that they avoided.
Think about a time when you were extremely angry, but you were able to calm yourself down before reacting. What did you do and how did calming down change the outcome.
Answers vary. Must identify a specific calming strategy and explain how it affected what happened next.
Think about a time when you reacted out of anger and your actions had negative consequences. what did you do, what was the consequence, and what could you have done differently.
Answers vary. Must identify the angry behavior, the consequence and a healthier alternative response.
Think of a time when you were angry and blamed someone for how you reacted. What did you do, and what could you have taken responsibility for.
Answers vary. Must identify your own behavior or reaction and something you could have done differently.
Think about the last time you became really angry. What were your feelings underneath the anger, how did those feelings affect the way you responded?
Answers vary. Must identify at least one underlying feelings and explain how it influenced your behavior.