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Anger Management
Friday, September 11, 2009
Can Anger be Used in a Positive Fashion?
One thing you will hear me say over and over is that there is a difference between anger and aggression and that anger is something that can be used in a productive fashion or in an aggressive or destructive fashion. In fact, it would probably be more accurate to call most anger management courses aggression management courses. Anger is the emotion; aggression is the action be it yelling or becoming threatening or physical. The reason I am thinking about this today is because of a headline that caught my eye "Senator Dodd says Public Anger Helped Fuel Passing of Credit Card Bill". It seems that so many people were angered about getting gouged by their credit card companies that they continuously wrote their congressmen demanding action and, lo and behold, it worked!! This is why I place such a strong emphasis on communication skills in my course, you can learn to calm yourself but if you can't learn how to express yourself in a way that will cause people to listen and take action you will either spend most of your time trying to calm yourself or you will not be able to control your anger/aggression.
Anger management advice by Dr. Joe James at 7:30 AM
