Healthy Anger
This is a characteristic of healthy anger which describes our response as being proportionate to what caused us to be angry, our environment, and the situation.
What is "Appropriate to the situation"
This physical behavior often accompanies unhealthy anger.
What is VIOLENCE?
This part of the brain handles logical and rational thinking processes
What is the neocortex (evolved brain)?
This type of therapy is characterized by calming smells
What is AROMATHERAPY?
This is the healthiest way to express our anger
What is VERBALLY
We often want to do this to the person who triggers our anger
What is PUNISH?
Automatic and instinctual drives are controlled by this part of the brain.
What is the reptilian brain?
Breathing deeply with our abdominal muscles
What is DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING
Healthy Anger can be used to motivate us to do this
What is CHANGE?
This way of addressing our anger can lead to mental and physical problems within ourselves
What is STUFFING?
This portion of the brain has some memory storage, is the seat of emotions, and contains the amygdala.
What is the Mammalian Brain?
This technique is done verbally with a friend
What is TALKING?
Healthy Anger helps our loved ones because it spurs us to do this
What is PROTECT OUR LOVED ONES
This way of handling our anger will often lead to screaming, violence, threatening and / or punishing behavior
What is ESCALATING?
Asking The Big Question puts us back into this portion of our brain.
What is the Evolved Brain?
This is probably the single most important factor in anger management
What is AWARENESS
Healthy anger is often triggered by our perception of unfairness - which is also called this.
What is INJUSTICE?
Unhealthy anger is often held in until a person does this
What is EXPLODES?
A combination of the reptilian and mammalian brain, this part of the brain has no speech capabilities.
What is the Primitive Brain?
Asking ourselves this question can help to calm us down
What do I need right now to be OK, and to be healthy in the long term?