Therapy for Anger Management: Does It Really Work?
Corbin D. Nickelberry
Anger is a normal emotional reaction to situations that cause you to feel threatened or harmed, and that trigger your brain’s fight-or-flight response. Stress hormones flood your body, sending more blood to your muscles and sharpening your focus to prepare you to defend yourself or move away from the source of danger. This type of anger is a useful, instinctive, survival response that enables you to protect yourself. Anger, however, is not always in response to a physical threat. It can also be a response to emotional pain, frustration, or a perceived injustice. You can, for instance, get angry when your needs are not met, you feel treated unfairly, someone...
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