The Impact of Anger

When someone is angry, a large amount of the hormone adrenaline rushes through their body in order to help prepare it to fight or flee from the aggravating situation. This enables us to feel powerful and full of energy and sometimes this expression of energy can cause a needed emotional release. But…. it can also lead to some unwelcome results and loss of control, such as occasions where anger escalates into violence, which in turn results in physical and/or emotional damage of loved ones.

How can therapy help to control anger?

Talking to a therapist, can aid in helping you to understand your emotions, which can help you to find a way to deal with triggering situations.

In therapy, you will examine what triggers your temper to rise, and look at what patterns in your life lead to these emotional outbursts. By recognizing these patterns you can learn to avoid situations that cause unhelpful levels of anger, or else how to prepare yourself to respond better.

You will also look at some of the physical symptoms that accompany anger such as increased heart rate and tension in the body which are often present before your conscious mind has registered you are angry. In learning how to recognise these physical symptoms early, you can learn ways to deescalate the situation before the anger increases beyond your control.