Coping Skills
This part of the body may tighten or clench when someone is angry.
What are fists?
(Also, jaw)
This type of thinking involves believing people are doing things "on purpose" to upset you.
What is assuming?
When angry, a person might feel the urge to do this with their voice.
What is yell or raise their voice?
Pop Culture: This cartoon family has members named Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie.
Who are the Simpsons?
Writing in one of these can help release anger safely.
What is a journal?
Your heart may do this when you're becoming angry.
What is beat faster/race?
When angry, people may have this kind of thinking where everything seems extreme or black-and-white?
What is all-or-nothing thinking?
This is a physical action someone might feel like doing when they're overwhelmed with anger.
What is hitting or throwing something?
Geography: This country is home to the Great Wall and is the most populated country in the world.
What is China?
Taking a walk, calling a friend, or using a fidget toy are examples of this kind of coping.
What are distraction or grounding techniques?
People sometimes feel this in their face when they're angry.
What is heat or flushing or redness?
This common angry thought involves predicting a negative outcome without proof.
What is catastrophizing or jumping to conclusions?
People may want to storm out or do this when angry instead of solving the problem.
What is leave or shut down?
Sports: This sport is known as "America's Pastime."
What is baseball?
This coping skill involves removing yourself from a triggering situation before you rise on the anger meter.
What is a timeout?
When someone is angry, this part of the body may feel tense or tight. (Besides fists)
What are shoulders or jaw?
What is overgeneralizing?
This urge often comes up when people want to "get even"
What is get revenge or retaliation?
Science: This is the gas humans breathe to survive.
What is oxygen?
Name two healthy ways to cope with intense anger.
What are deep breathing, journaling, physical activity, talking it out, mindfulness, counting to ten, using humor, time-out, problem-solving?
Name two physical signs that someone might notice when becoming angry.
What are clenched fists, tight jaw, rapid heartbeat, sweating, shallow breathing, shaking, flushed face, or stomach discomfort?
Name one type of angry thoughts or cognitive distortions.
What is blaming, overgeneralizing, assuming, catastrophizing, ruminating, all-or-nothing thinking, mind reading?
Name two common urges people might feel when they're angry.
What is yell, hit, slam things, leave, send mean messages, give the silent treatment, break something?
Landmarks: This famous statue was a gift from France to the United States.
What is the statue of liberty?