Definition Essay: Understanding Anger

I chose to do this project on anger because for me, it is the most frequent fault I commit. In addition, it is the hardest one for me to avoid, which makes it one of the most distinctive sins to me. Moreover, writing about it gives me a better understanding of what it is. To me, anger is like a test. Imagine that your life and your decisions are like a path that has many other paths leading off of it, and the goal is to stay on the main path. Anger is like a rock or boulder that blocks the path of travel. As a test, will you keep calm and find a way around it and make

Aristotle holds that anger is “a desire accompanied by pain for an imagined retribution on account of an imagined slighting inflicted by people who have no legitimate reason to slight oneself or one’s own.” (1-3). “Anger is a complex emotion since it embraces pain and pleasure; the pain is produced from injury while the desire of taking revenge is somehow results from the injury. Anger is a strong feeling of being upset or annoyed because of something wrong” (7) . It is also energy it can be positive or negative; if it is used positively, it can lead to a magnificient changes but if it’s used negatively it probably could be devastating. Aristotle emphasizes that anger is pleasant and in that sense constructive and linked to hope, so may be anger at the end is not a bad feeling it can give results and leads to a quite good change. To

Anger is often a difficult emotion to express and understand and it has come to be recognized as a significant social problem that our society facing today. This paper discusses the efficacy of the Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and the Emotion-focused therapy (EFT) for treating patient with anger problems and compared therapists’ view on emotion which how they see emotion as the prime mover in human experience in different ways respectively. Besides, the development, overview and the similarities of CBT & EFT has been critically compared and discussed in this essay. CBT and EFT conceptualize emotional problems differently and employ different techniques in each therapy. Although the CBT and EFT possess many distinct

Acting upon anger is rarely positive; it often results in rash, regretful acts of violence and hatred. However, that usually fails to stop people from making reckless decisions in heated moments of emotion and aggression. The destruction that anger causes is most likely to be counter-productive and does not fix the problem at hand.

Transition to Main Point #3: Although anger can be clarifying and cathartic if utilized effectively, it can also initiate or exacerbate mental health symptoms if it is denied and swallowed in the interests of

Utilizing strategies and techniques to effectively manage anger can be difficult, the lack of anger management can result in serious consequences. The literature suggest that problems related to anger and aggression can cause difficulty in many areas of life. In addition, it can cause impaired functionality for

Thich Nhat Hahn, one the world’s most influential spiritual leader of our time teaches answering anger with anger will only lead to more unrest and violence. (Thich Nhat Hahn video) Thich Nhat Hahn explains anger to his followers, as a storm that is brewing so is the anger brewing deep within our consciousness ready to breakout. Like a storm, we know is coming we must prepare before it hits, just as we must be prepared to control the anger we feel seizing within us. Thich Nhat Hahn teaches learning to recognize the anger building inside of us over situations that cause us to become angry is the first step in controlling anger. When we know of our anger is at a boiling point ready to blow, now is the time to implement deliberate breathing techniques that Thich Nhat Hahn says will re-focus our minds on our breathing and away from our anger.

Anger is not a good, thing, and should be kept under control, for causes people to act rashly and clouds their judgment. An example is when Cole tries to explains why he beat Peter Driscal up, he explains that it was the anger that caused him to act out and behave irrationally(Mikalsen 234) This means that Cole did not mean or want to hurt Peter, but his anger clouded his judgement and convinced him to beat up and bash Peter on the sidewalk. This shows that anger causes people to do things they normally wouldn’t even think of doing. Therefore, anger should be held back and taken out somewhere else, otherwise it could hurt people.

I believe that anger can be used as a force for positive change but it also sometimes cannot be so positive. First, I think anger can be used for a positive change because if you are angry about something you have anger towards something you want to change and you have a good reason to be mad. For example, if you are fighting for women’s rights (which Nellie is) you have to be mad about what is going on, you cannot just say “women’s right are not fair”. You have to be mad, and use it for a positive change by saying something like “women’s right are not fair at all, and I, being a woman myself, it is very very frustrating what is going on”. Also, using anger for a positive change can sometimes turn bad, to explain further, if you believe in

In sum, expressing anger can let people revalued, make concessions for those rivals who feel the fear, and display a higher social status. There is no doubt that showing one’s anger can benefit people in the

a- Anger is not a malady that penetrates the human psyche; rather, it is a means of communication as long as it is controlled. Anger can be considered as an ordinary outcome since it is triggered by some ordinary incidents.

Fathers, mothers, and even children can disrupt regular family activities with fits of uncontrollable rage. As a coping mechanism, some people keep quiet and shutdown in an attempt to deescalate the situation. However, denying or ignoring the anger problem (the stomping and trumpeting elephant in the room), really does nothing to solve it. In fact, ignoring an anger

Anger can certainly lead to aggression but they are not the same thing. Anger is ”a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong”(dictionary.com). It is an emotion that causes people to be alert and calls them to action. In the article “Five Things to Know About Anger”, Dr. Martin says that “Much like hunger motivates us to eat, thirst motivates us to drink, and fear motivates us to avoid things that are dangerous, anger motivates us to respond to confrontation and unfairness,” and unlike misconceptions have most people believe, anger can be expressed in multiple ways that can allow someone to remain at peace or turn to violence. Some of the different forms of expressing anger include: assertiveness, problem solving, and aggression

Anger is a basic human emotion that transcends cultural boundaries. However, despite its universality, an exact definition agreed upon by all people is lacking (Norcross & Kobayashi, 1999). Physiologically, brain centers in the amygdala are connected to anger processing. Because the information processing that takes place in this brain structure is primitive, anger can be triggered inappropriately and without the individual's knowledge of the cause. In psychodynamic terms, past events and experiences suppressed in the unconscious can be the source of generated anger. In cognitive-behavioral terms, anger is described as an interaction of behavior, cognition, and

While anger is common, what’s important is the means that people adopt to express their anger: