EXPLORING OUR UNPLEASANT & UNCOMFORTABLE FEELINGS
We tend to flee from these feelings, but research shows that staying present helps
us move through them. Below, explore your own experience of each of them.
HOW IS ANGER A PROTECTIVE
RESPONSE?
UNDERSTAND: ANGER
Anger is a protective response, available as a way
to respond to distress, harm, or pain. It is often
elicited when you believe you have been
wronged in a situation and where you also see
yourself as morally right in that same situation.
Anger is a protective response. Used to respond
to distress, harm, or pain. Often elicited when you
believe you have been wronged and see yourself
as morally right in that same situation.
It can prompt you to act on behalf of those less
advantaged, where you witness unfairness.
Anger doesn't have to be explosive, wounding, or
destructive. Harboring your feelings and avoiding
anger can lead to big explosions later.
Anger reflects your emotional investment in
something important to you; properly expressed,
it lets others know they hurt you and that they
should not engage in similar behaviors again.
Anger reflects your emotional investment in
something; properly expressed, it lets others know
that they hurt you and not to again.
REFLECT ON A TIME WHEN YOU FELT
ANGER?
Anger doesn't have to be explosive, wounding, or
destructive. Harboring your feelings and avoiding
anger can lead to big explosions later.
Steps you can take to express anger more
effectively include:
Acknowledging that how you manage your
anger is a problem.
Deciding and committing to kind and wellintentioned behavior that does not escalate,
demean, threaten, or physically hurt others.
Noticing how, what, and where anger is
experienced in your body.
Noticing expression patterns before you erupt.
Knowing patterns and your bodily anger cues.
HOW AND WHERE DO YOU FEEL ANGER
IN YOUR BODY?
What are ways, you wish you handled a situation
differently when you regretted an angry
response? And how can you move forward with
handling anger in the future?
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