Feeling angry is a normal emotion we all experience. You can feel anger under many circumstances, and it’s a natural and healthy response to injustice, unexpected situations, and confrontation.
Anger can result in unwanted stress, irrational thoughts, or behaviours that can negatively affect your relationships, work, and daily life. Anger can also affect your feelings and moods, exacerbating more rage.
More severe anger can feel uncontrollable. If your anger results in behaviour that leaves you guilty or causes conflict with others, you may need to seek professional help. Anger management counselling can help you safely identify, process, and manage your feelings of anger to reduce its severity and impact on your actions and others.
Here are some common indicators that anger could be having an impact on your life:
- It takes a long time to feel calm again after something makes you angry.
- Constantly feeling on edge or anxious, experiencing headaches or high blood pressure.
- Urges to verbally, emotionally, or physically attack when conflict occurs.
- You turn to drugs or alcohol to manage your anger.
- Trying to resolve past disputes becomes common.
- People close to you have voiced their concerns to you about your anger.
- You feel shame or regret as an outcome of a confrontation or conflict.