Reaction Paper On 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

Throughout the essay “Of Anger”, Thomas Fuller argues that anger is a detrimental aspect to human character. When people are experiencing anger, Thomas Fuller says that they are experiencing the devil taking over them. The main theme in this essay is ways in which anger should not be handled. The essay carefully and clearly evaluates ways to deal with anger while using many illusions and examples that are persuasive to the reader. Thomas Fuller takes the universal concept of anger and uses concrete arguments, literary devices and his persuasive techniques to convince the reader that anger is a detrimental component of human character.

Everyone has experienced intense anger at some point in their life. Maybe this anger was aimed towards a prior relationship, a driver on the road, or an inanimate object. Regardless of its cause, everyone is familiar with this feeling of anger . This intense anger can be really controlling of one’s life and emotions until they deal with it. The 2015 estimate of national violence, which is often a consequence of anger, went up 3.9% from the 2014 estimate (Violent Crimes, 2015). Medically wise, it has been proven that there is a positive correlation between high anger levels and coronary disease, hypertension and ulcers (Bitti, Gremingni, Bertolotti, & Zotti, 1995; Staicu & Cuţov 2010). Because of these negative effects, human cultures have long sought to obtain and understand a way to reduce anger. It has long been suggested that to get relief from this anger, it is beneficial to vent one’s anger. Freud coined the catharsis theory, which states that “catharsis is one popular and authoritative statement that venting one’s anger will produce a positive improvement in one’s psychological state…[and] according to catharsis theory, acting aggressively or even viewing aggression is an effective way to purge angry and aggressive feelings” (Bushman, 2002, p. 724). However, some people believe this practice does more harm than

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

In our life, we meet many people that have anger issues. People have anger issues because they could have been abused by the people they love or they had a terrible experience from childhood. I read two books that had a similarity which, Ruthless from the book called Ruthless by Carolyn Lee Adams and Cole from the book called Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen. Cole and Ruthless have similarity in life, Cole was abused by his father, Ruthless experience during her childhood, and Cole and Ruthless have a difference in life. People could manage to control their anger issues by facing their problems.

Every human has felt anger at some point. It is directly linked to the adrenal gland and therefore directly related to the survival of our ancestors. I myself have felt a lot of anger throughout my life. Mainly, the response is triggered by the mindset of people not allowing themselves see the reality. My personal experiences shows that anger is not simply the emotion of a crowd, but begins on the individual level. In our present day society, anger is incredibly contagious, starting at the individual level and it spreads rapidly, often through people with similar views. The spreading of anger often leads to violences. In recent events, widespread anger has led to mobs clashing with police in Catalonia, Spain. The spread of anger and its effects demonstrate the use of this emotion in our lives. In Lord of the Flies, the island is a mousetrap of anger, slowly leading up to the collapse of their island civilization. The tension on the island caused by anger shows one of our human flaws, and demonstrates what it does to a group, spreading quickly and reaping havoc. Anger is part of our human nature, and not much can be done to prevent it and its effects.

The group the facilitator will be observing is an anger management group that is held Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at Assurance of Hope Institute, Inc. The group consist of twelve men between the ages of twenty-five to forty-five. The group contains ten African American men and two Caucasian men. The group has been meeting three times a week for four months. The group is an open group that is available to all young adult men particularly those suffering from mental health illness. The clients whom attend the group have been either court mandated because of a violent encounter. The group discusses triggers that make one anger, ways to manage your anger, decrease overall intensity and frequency of angry feelings, increase ability to recognize and appropriately express feelings as they occur, identify situations, thoughts, feelings, that trigger anger, angry verbal and/ or behavioral actions and the targets of those actions. The facilitators of the group have explored family background and history to

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

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.

Anger is defined as “a strong feeling of displeasure and usually of antagonism [opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle]” (Merriam-Webster 1). Anger is the result of chemicals in the brain being released and causing the emotion. Some people experience uncontrollable anger, and it can be diagnosed with Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED). Luckily, there are steps someone can take to calm themselves down.

One of the most difficult parts of this class has been dealing with and embracing the various emotional responses. Each presentation triggered a different cathartic response. The intensity of these felt responses, nevertheless, is cause for attention. Emotions are necessary. Especially necessary for developing connections in relationships. Therefore, nurturing cold, distant, and desensitized responses isn’t optimal. However, in the development of healthy therapeutic relationships, heightened emotional responses are a very much counterproductive. The presentations were a look into the visceral struggles our clients will walk into sessions with. Subsequently, these glimpses are also an indication that purposeful immersion into unfamiliar topics

The data that Jack has gathered are emotional answer to questions. This data is in form of words that have been collected from responses to questions from a questionnaire. The answers to these questions are a description of emotions. Therefore, one can conclude these emotional responses describes the feeling of the participant. In addition, the collection of responses, or data collection are qualitative in

As a professional, it can be very challenging when dealing with an individual who enters your office with a ball of rage brewing inside of them. From the text, I have realized that the

PO was on time, completed the handout, and actively participated in the group discussion. Group discussion included how anger and other emotions were expressed in the family while growing up, what role you took in the family, and the connection between past learned and current addictive behavior. PO had positive interaction and shared appropriately in group, stated that his family expressed sadness and frustration “in many different ways. It depends how stressful the situation is”. PO indicated that he is living with his parents and they are supportive of his recovery. PO appears to be in the preparation stage of change AEB his participation and engagement in the group process.