“Can you help someone with severe anger issues?”
My friend has anger issues. Can you help someone with severe anger issues?
12 Answers
The friend might find it useful to work with a qualified counselor in that person's local area.
yes helps is available but the person needs to be ready to make changes
Anger is usually a secondary emotion, meaning there is something underneath it causing it to pop up. The problem with anger is that it can distract from what might actually be bothering the person, for example, a person might be feeling overwhelmed or hurt and therefore show increased irritability or anger. A helpful tactic can be asking your friend, What do you need? vs. responding directly to the anger or trying to immediately problem solve. Sometimes just acknowledging they are having a hard time and sitting in that emotion with them can also be a relief.
Severe anger can be helped. However, there can be varying factors attributing to why the anger is so frequent and intense in the first place. Irrational thoughts and inflexible thinking can create and exacerbate anger. Depression is often underlying negativity and anger. The best way someone can help themselves with anger is empathy and gratefulness. When we see where someone is coming from, it doesn't necessarily make our anger go away, but we can see why someone may have acted in a certain way and empathize.
Absolutely. Anger is one of many emotions that can often be hard to manage and unprocessed. Often, it is a secondary response to other emotions, such as shame or embarrassment. Learning how to control anger is a therapeutic context, whether short or long term, depends on the severity of the problem and the specific goals for the patient.
Yes, teaching skills for identifying the sources of anger, and describing how it feels in the body helps one become aware that it is an emotion that is manageable, and identifying triggers of the emotion can allow the person to communicate their needs and vulnerabilities rather than just reacting.
What a great question! Sometimes all we can do to help is validating an individual's concerns. Saying things like "I am not sure how to help but let me know how I can best support you" can really go a long way. Certainly if you or someone else is in danger you would want to contact 911. I hope this helps!
Yes need to get some assessment to understand all the issues but things can be done
Stay calm.
Try to listen to them.
Give them space.
Set boundaries.
Help them identify their triggers.
Support them to seek professional help.
Look after your own wellbeing.
Try to listen to them.
Give them space.
Set boundaries.
Help them identify their triggers.
Support them to seek professional help.
Look after your own wellbeing.
Anger is a common emotion and can easily spiral into a rage, so there's a chance you will someday encounter a friend, family member, or partner who has trouble controlling their anger. You can help them, first and foremost, by reeling in your own emotions, as becoming upset yourself will likely worsen the problem.
Yes. The severity of someone’s anger problems is often related to the amount of time their symptoms have been untreated and/or the cause of the anger. Treating severe anger issues isn’t necessarily harder than mild or moderate. The process is very similar. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is likely to be the most effective treatment approach. CBT is a specific type of therapy to help people learn to understand the cause of their emotions and improve ways of managing or reducing the intensity of negative feelings such as anger. CBT focuses on the interrelationships between events, thoughts, feelings, and behavior to identify the source of problems and make changes to improve outcomes and quality of life.
See this helpful link...
https://www.webmd.com/men/guide/anger-management#:~:text=Anger%20that%20is%20not%20appropriately%20expressed%20can%20disrupt,heart%20problems%2C%20headaches%2C%20skin%20disorders%2C%20and%20digestive%20problems.
https://www.webmd.com/men/guide/anger-management#:~:text=Anger%20that%20is%20not%20appropriately%20expressed%20can%20disrupt,heart%20problems%2C%20headaches%2C%20skin%20disorders%2C%20and%20digestive%20problems.
