Anger Cues
These cues to anger include: increased heart rate, increased blood pressure, shallow/rapid breathing, sweating, muscle tension.
Body Cues
This anger style stuff theirs anger, they have learned that all anger is bad, they believe people shouldn't have angry feelings and that anger must be eliminated but not expressed.
Suppressor Anger Style
Anger helps us communicate about our feelings.
Positive
A stands for
Activating Situation or Event (trigger)
What technique is this? It helps calm your body, relax your muscles, regulate your breathing and reduce blood pressure
Deep breathing
These cues to anger include: irritability, feeling intolerant, grouchy, tense, angry, agitated.
Feeling Cues
This anger style: people are aware of their anger and accept it as a valid emotion,. They use it in a constructive manner. They do not bottle it up or blast it freely. They acknowledge it and act assertively to create change in their situation/relationship.
Anger gives us information.
Positive
B Stands for
Beliefs or automatic thoughts
What technique is this? It involves living in the present moment, focusing only on your thoughts, breathing, or some physical aspect of the environment around you.
Mindfulness
These cues to anger include: racing or rapid thoughts, blaming the other person, intense focus on the person/situation, preoccupation with thoughts, images, and planning revenge
Thinking Cues
This anger style has no limits or control. They express their anger freely, aggressively, and often violently without control. They show no mercy in the heat of the moment. Anyone and everyone is a target for their verbal or physical expressions of anger.
Venter Anger Style
Anger gives us energy.
Positive
C stands for
Consequences
Progressive muscle relaxation
These cues to anger include: frowning, clenching your fists, pacing, staring at the other person, speaking sharply/yelling, withdrawing, breaking things, hurting people or animals
Behavioral Cues
Name the anger style based on the reasons below: I don't have a right to be angry. I may lose my job/relationship. Anger is childish. I may hurt or offend someone. I can't cope with strong feelings.
Suppressor Anger Style
Anger can make it difficult for us to think, feel, and act clearly.
Negative
D stands for
Dispute - use facts to dispute automatic thoughts
This technique involves focusing on your sense of smell, sight, taste, hearing, and touch
The five senses exercise
I need to assert my power over people. The best defense is a good offense. I'm afraid of getting close to people. I can't stand to be wrong. I don't know how to communicate calmly.
Venter Anger Style.
Anger and aggression have a lot to do with each other.
Negative