Anger Myths
The misconception about anger that the way behaviorally express anger cannot be changed.
What is a common anger myth?
Physical, Behavioral, Emotional, and Cognitive hints one experiences when becoming angry.
What are the anger cues?
Mindfulness experiences such as deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, and meditation.
What are relaxation techniques?
Activating event or situation.
What is the A in the ABCD Model?
Preconceived identification of anger control techniques (or toolbox) that work best for you.
What is an anger control plan?
Control, manipulation, power, fear avoidance and release of tension.
What are initial payoffs of inappropriate anger expression?
Ones heartrate rises, breathing is more rapid, tightness in neck, jaw or chest, clenched fists.
What are physical ques of anger?
Buildup, explosion, and aftermath.
What is the aggression cycle?
The "Belief" one holds about an event.
What is the B in the ABCD model?
The ability to dispute your beliefs and create an internal dialog that is more rational and adaptive.
What is the changing your outlook?
The widely held belief that anger is a building and escalating emotion that results in an aggressive outburst.
What is a anger myth?
Raised voice, slamming doors, pacing and clenching of fists.
What are Behavioral cues of anger?
Intensity, frequency and duration of anger varies among individuals as short tempered, always angry, or a slow build.
What are the personal variances among universal experience of the aggression cycle?
The emotional "Consequences" (feelings) of an event
What is the C in the ABCD model?
Simply using self-commands/visualizations to stop thinking the thoughts that are getting you angry.
What is thought stopping?
Venting is now understood to be counterproductive to managing anger in that people who express anger aggressively simply get better at being anger.
What is the myth of venting?
Other feelings that occur along with anger that are considered the core or primary feelings that undrlie anger such as when we feel abandoned, afraid, discounted, disrespected, guilty, humiliated, impatient, insecure, jealous, or rejected.
What are emotional cues of anger?
To avoid reaching the explosion phase when an outburst includes verbal aggression, destructiveness and violence.
What is the primary objective of anger management?
The "Dispute" experience that interrupts with a more rational or realistic perspective.
What is the D in the ABCD Model?
A feeling or emotion that ranges from mild irritation to intense fury and rage.
What is anger?
Increasing anger awareness and utilizing anger control strategies and skills.
What is effective at breaking the anger habit?
Hostile self-talk, images of aggression and revenge, overthinking and revenge fantasies.
What are cognitive/thought cues to anger?
Fired, Kicked Out, Financial Ramifications, Loss of Family and Friends, Jail, Guilt and Shame.
Things you are afraid of, you dislike in others, your internal critic's voice, the phrases that include "should" or "must", and the voice of "Negative Nancy/Ned"
What are clues to identifying your maladaptive beliefs?
When we feel threatened, we believe harm will come to us, or we believe another person has unnecessarily wronged us.
What are situations where anger is a natural response.