enotalone logo Articles - Forum - Search - Home
eNotAlone > Personal Growth > Emotions and Feelings

Anger

22 Articles & Excerpts

Angry Emotions Lead To Better Career
by eNotAlone.com
Psychiatrists at the Harvard Medical School claim that getting angry at work may actually be helpful in climbing up a career ladder. They found that staying calm and frustrated can be harmful for an individual's professional and even personal life.

Anger Leads To Heart Attack
by eNotAlone.com
Anger and other high emotions can trigger deadly heart rhythms in certain vulnerable people according to a new study. Studies conducted earlier have linked negative emotions like hostility and depression with risks for developing heart disease

Anger And Irritation Management
by eNotAlone.com
Today psychologists do not see anger and irritation as signs of someone's abnormal behavior. It is considered as a normal process that has allowed humans to evolve and adapt. It is not a bad thing in itself, but problems arise if it is not being handled

Evening Round-Up
by William Crosbie Hunter
Anger and acts of revenge are great pull-backs to health. Anger makes the blood rush to the head, weakens the body, and distorts the vision. When a woman gets angry, she quarrels with her lover, her husband or her children.

Consuming Anger, Part 2
Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
by Thich Nhat Hanh
There are those who take refuge in eating to forget their sorrow and their depression. Overeating can create difficulties for the digestive system, contributing to the arising of anger. It can also produce too much energy.

Consuming Anger
Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
by Thich Nhat Hanh
We all need to know how to handle and take care of our anger. To do this, we must pay more attention to the biochemical aspect of anger, because anger has its roots in our body as well as our mind.

Managing Anger
Mommy Mantras
by Bethany E. Casarjian, Ph.D., Diane H. Dillon, Ph.D.
Until I had children, I didn't think I had a temper. Any kind of temper. Pestilence, minor car collisions, my groceries put into someone else's cart after I paid for them, were met with an almost beatific composure.

The Anger Business
Anger : The Misunderstood Emotion
by Carol Tavris, Ph.D.
There's a book by a female therapist who, in the name of feminism, admonishes her clients (and readers) to stop being nice. When you're angry, she says, just let it right out or you will channel your anger into overeating, overdrinking, skin disorders

The Freudian Legacy
Anger : The Misunderstood Emotion
by Carol Tavris, Ph.D.
We owe to Sigmund Freud, of course, the belief that our rational, conscious faculties do not know the half of what they are doing; that the unconscious, that seething cauldron of naughty instincts, guides so many of our feelings and actions.

The Fallacy of the Swami's Snake
Anger : The Misunderstood Emotion
by Carol Tavris, Ph.D.
Human beings so often seem to behave like stickle-backs, baby birds, and wolves, it seemed logical to conclude that the rage response is as programmed into us as into other species. Indeed, as Darwin's stringers in India, New Zealand, China

Rage and Reason - an Eternal Ambivalence
Anger : The Misunderstood Emotion
by Carol Tavris, Ph.D.
Once thought to be a destructive emotion that should be suppressed at all costs, anger is now widely thought to be a healthy emotion that costs too much when it is suppressed.

The Irritable Male Syndrome: What Is It, and Is It Real?
The Irritable Male Syndrome: Managing the Four Key Causes of Depression and Aggression
by Jed Diamond
Q: What do you call a man who is always tired, miserable, and irritable? A: Normal. Q: How can you tell if a man has Irritable Male Syndrome? A: You ask him to pass the salt, and he yells, 'Take, take, take-that's all you ever do!'

How Angry Is Too Angry? Identifying an Angry Child
The Angry Child: Regaining Control When Your Child Is Out of Control
by Timothy Murphy, Ph.D.
We've all seen them. The temperamental toddler whose seemingly unprovoked tantrums leave her desperate parents scrambling to appease her; the bossy preschooler who never learns to share toys or interact socially with other children or strangers

Introduction
The Angry Child: Regaining Control When Your Child Is Out of Control
by Timothy Murphy, Ph.D.
It's hard to pinpoint the exact moment the change occurs. One day your otherwise sunny child is merely prone to the occasional nasty outburst, and the next a permanent storm cloud seems to have taken up residence over her head.

Part 1
Hot Stones and Funny Bones: Teens Helping Teens Cope with Stress and Anger
by Brian Luke Seaward, Ph.D., Linda Bartlett, M.S.
At some level, no matter who you are, everyone's looking for acceptance and approval. In this case, it's acceptance to be liked by new friends and peers. Even among those who won't admit it, everyone would love to be considered popular.

Anger and Couples
Good and Mad: Transform Anger Using Mind, Body, Soul and Humor
by Jane Middelton-Moz, Ph.D., Lisa Tener, M.S., Peaco Todd, M.A.
In this chapter, we explore the role of conflict in intimate relationships: how past history can play into a present relationship and how to cultivate a healthy relationship. You will find out how to change destructive patterns.

What Is Anger?
Boiling Point the Workbook: Dealing With the Anger in Our Lives
by Jane Middelton-Moz, Ph.D.
Anger is a word that is commonly used to describe a wide range of emotions. I asked a number of people how they would define anger. Below are two examples of the descriptions given

Introduction
Boiling Point: Dealing with the Anger in Our Lives
by Jane Middelton-Moz, Ph.D.
In its purest sense, anger is a normal, health emotion. It is a warning signal that something is wrong. It can alert an individual of the potential for physical or psychological trauma. Anger can provide the energy to resist emotional or physical threats

Anger
The Secret Power of Speaking God's Word (Meyer, Joyce)
by Joyce Meyer
I will bridle my anger, trash my wrath, cool my pipes-it only makes things worse. I follow the example of the Lord, who is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and plenteous in mercy and loving-kindness. I am slow to anger and have great understanding

Problems with his anger and the way he relates to my son
by Ellen Kreidman, Ph.D
Dear Dr. Ellen: I have been dating a man who is a recovering alcoholic. When I left him before he stopped drinking, he drove his fist through a wall in anger, then calmed down and accepted that he needed help. I really thought he was making progress. Alco

Advice & Discussions
a friend has the hots for my boyfriend. angry!!
basically i have this friend who i have known just over a year (we will call her lisa) , we met in a club and it turns out she lives a 15 min walk away from me. we are not best of friends but i would have said we were pretty good friends. she is 22, i am 28 she is a little bit mad and often sais and does silly random things.
Friendship fighting: I'm Sad, Confused, and Angry... please help.
My friend and I are now in a fight. She's more low maintenance, introverted and mainly indifferent to others, and I'm extroverted and high maintenance. I was the victim of attempted rape at my school two years ago, and I have a phobia of men, for the most part.
advice on dealing with an angry roommate?
Hi, So, I've been living with this one girl in various houses for 2-3 years now, and she's really starting to get on my nerves. When she has had a bad day and comes home angry she never holds it in. If she comes home angry and I don't stay out of her way, I get all of her poop dumped on me.
So angry right now. Betrayed!
I'll just get right to the point... I told three of my friends, my cousin(who happens to be gay too), and my mother(the pinnacle of my experience). It seemed like everything was fine and I was growing in confidence, and gathering strength for when I opened up to everyone else.
so a little bit of an update/ IM SO ANGRY!!!
Well ive kind of sorted things out with everything (in the post i did before i was confused about liking this girl, didnt know what would happen with her etc) We both decided that relationships is a no, we have been "fooling around" but nothing more than kissing etc, and considering my boyfriend broke up with me only a week ago (and is regretting his choice) i have decided not to rub it in his face and its slightly secret what we are doing.

    Next >>

© 2009 eNotAlone.com