Everyone gets angry. It’s a normal and natural response in certain situations. But if you’ve started to notice that your anger is too immediate or too far out of proportion to the things that trigger it– or that you’re channeling your anger into lashing out against the people you love– it might be more deeply rooted and worth examining. One of our specialties at the Center for Effective Living is helping people with anger management. We found this compelling article on WonderWoman.in about anger management that we thought was with sharing. Hopefully you aren’t forcing anyone to crawl around and eat from a bowl on the floor like one of the more extreme cases noted in the article, but if you recognize yourself (or someone you know) in any of the other examples, you can contact us to talk about treatment options. Here’s an excerpt from the article, and you can click the link below it to read on.
Anuradha Bhasin (name changed), 34, is a Delhi-based fashion designer by training. She had just started as an apprentice under a famous designer when her parents got her married into a business family. ‘Initially everyone in my husband’s family was extremely supportive, showing off to all their relatives that their daughter-in-law was a fashion designer. Soon there was a subtle change in their attitude. I could feel that they did not like me working. Without any planning , I got pregnant, and after the baby, there was just no question of my going out of the house,’ she says. Anuradha who had a dream of creating her own label saw herself performing little more than a decorative role. Her husband never had time for her. Small issues at home started gaining too much importance. And, her son was bearing the brunt.
If her husband returned home late, she would beat her son to sleep. If her mother-in-law said something, she would slap him in front of her. Eventually her family took her to a psychiatrist and with counselling, everyone came around to Anuradha returning to work. She now teaches at a nearby polytechnic twice a week and doesn’t feel frustrated as she has found an outlet for her creativity. While in Anuradha’s case, the reasons for her uncontrolled anger stemmed from her frustration with her life , a lot of us may be angry for less dramatic reasons…