Anger Management

[cuddycat]

"It's not about what triggers the outburst, but what's been going on for the last couple of weeks.

"When people are struggling they should be talking about it.

"But everybody has to look so tough, so infallible. It only takes one customer to do something fairly innocuous, then it's fireworks.

"Thousands of people I've worked with say 'I could never be so transparent about how I felt, they would think I'm weak'

"Actually, companies have HR departments, grievance procedures. The culture just tends to be that people don't use them.

"It doesn't have to be a professional, just someone with a listening ear."
After all thats been going on I thought this would be good ....


BAAM's Keep Your Cool Kit advises people to look at the bigger picture, realise it's okay for people to have different opinions and to record feelings in an "anger journal" to bring clarity to a situation.

"Don't take anything personally - what others say and do is a projection of their own reality onto yourself,"

If things have gone too far for that, it recommends calming strategies:

Remove yourself from the situation physically and emotionally

Count backwards from 20 to one

Visualise yourself in a calm, tranquil place eg sea, mountains

Remember life is unfair

We could all do with using some of these strategies at times !!

and if all else fails .........


(that was a joke)

[sweetkitty]

some very good strategies, cuddy

here´s another one: find a place to be on your own, scream as loud and as long as you can,then turn back, with a fat smile on your face..

[pappy747]

Originally Posted by sweetkitty

some very good strategies, cuddy

here´s another one: find a place to be on your own, scream as loud and as long as you can,then turn back, with a fat smile on your face..

yep, I do that most days

[tattmando]

Originally Posted by sweetkitty

some very good strategies, cuddy

here´s another one: find a place to be on your own, scream as loud and as long as you can,then turn back, with a fat smile on your face..

best advise yet works evry time lol

[Arezzo]

20,19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 ...i'm on a beach...sniff ...life is so unfair...ok cuddy hand over kermit...it didn't work...hehehe

[rad6]

had a broom closet at work and if things got to me, as told i have a bad temper , pfft, used to go into that closet and stay for a few minutes to calm down. Worked every time and no one ever bothered me when i was in there!

[Arezzo]

...rad its "politically incorrect" to bother anyone one these days that "come out of the closet"....just sayin....lol

[TheTexan]

Originally Posted by Arezzo

20,19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 ...i'm on a beach...sniff ...life is so unfair...ok cuddy hand over kermit...it didn't work...hehehe

[Arezzo]

ahhhh...much better now....anyone want a frog leg?

[Earp10]

nah he prob taste like chicken anyway ty though