Tension in the workplace is common. Everyone wants to be as productive as possible to improve their respective careers. This often creates a conflict of interest since a person wants to be on top over some employees – a fact that will not be received well by other employees who also wanted to improve in their career. Aside from workplace competition, family problems, conflicting personalities and pressure from upper management could take its toll on employees. These factors could easily lead to frustration, stress and ultimately anger. Physical contact caused by anger could easily happen in the workplace if they…

Anger could easily be attributed as a reaction to things unexpected. When a person encounters or receives something that is not according to expectations, anger could commence immediately. Although the usual reaction for many individuals could be frustration and disappointment, constant frustration because of not achieving the expectations could lead to anger. This type of emotion could also be expected when things do not unfold according to plan. When a person is unable to get things done on time, they can easily get frustrated and become angry. This is especially true in workplace environment wherein employees are constantly under pressure…

Passive aggression is a form of behavior wherein a person devices a “tricky” solution to avoid conflict and anger. This is also a type of behavior for those who does not want to deal with responsibilities but cannot say “no” when asked. Instead of dealing with the task assigned, those with passive aggression procrastinate while thinking of reasons why he should not do the task. The following is a classic example of passive aggression: person A is asked to do something by person B. Person A agrees to the task but slacked on the assignment while thinking of reasons why…

When something bad happens to a person, feelings and reactions to the said event should be expected. These reactions could easily distinguish the pessimist – who thinks negatively about the situation and the optimist – who sees that something good could come out from the experience. The situation and outcome could be the same for everyone but the reaction and the perception of the said situation could spell big difference on how they use the said outcome. A good example on how difference in thinking could alter the outcome would be the “half empty, half full” scenario. When a pessimist…

Anger is a very negative emotional response. It can be triggered by anything, anyone or anytime. This type of negative emotion is usually caused by a series of events or experiences as the person starts out disappointed and frustrated. Eventually, the feeling of anger to others and even to oneself increases as the person who feels frustrated would usually look at the reasons on why these things happen. When that person realizes it is his fault, self-loathing could happen which is also the same reaction when the frustrated person realizes (in his or her terms) that the reason for failing…

As a kid, you will always see bullies picking on small students at school. In fact, you might even be one of the bullies or been bullied for sometime before you grown a little bit. A child could have a hard time dealing with bullies since they are dealing with someone bigger.  Time flies fast for children and through the help of the school, this is often addressed. Bullies eventually became a memory of the past and more often than not, these bullies have little effect on their adult lives.  But bullying is not only limited on kids. There are…

There are times when you witness a person get really angry about a certain situation that he or she shouts, curses or even physically attack someone who might or might not cause the incident. A basic example is road rage wherein a person gets out of the car and furiously charges at another vehicle owner who might have caused the accident. This might even lead to fatal situations because the uncontrollable anger is there. You might even be one of those persons that were directly affected by this form of anger or you could be the one displays this form…

The best way in dealing with anger is to know its cause. Although there are many techniques for anger management, some of them might not work as expected since they do not deal with the cause of anger. When a person starts to realize the cause of his anger, the techniques or anger management options would be a lot easier to implement and anger could be easily controlled. For example, a person bottles his emotion just to avoid conflict. This often happens when he is asked to do something and agrees to do it even though he does not want…

While Forgiving Others Can be Hard, Studies Show It is Effective Throughout the course of your life, there are many times when you will be wronged, where people and institutions you trust will take advantage of you. When you’re in a situation like this, the biggest question you should ask yourself is whether or not you should forgive. Forgiving others is never easy, especially when you’re the innocent person who has suffered as a result of the actions of others. In truth, it is generally good to forgive others, but it must be done with a sense of balance. For…

To Manage Your Anger Properly, You Must First Recognize the Symptoms The symptoms for anger can be broken down into two categories, and these are aggressive anger and anger which is passive. Each form of anger has symptoms which are unique to it. Passive anger is a form of anger which may be hard to recognize for those who do not know what to look for. Those who have passive anger have a tendency to be quite secretive. They will typically say negative things behind the backs of people they do not like, and they may also give "silent treatment"…

Studies have shown that anger in the workplace is quite rampant, and it tends to be highly intense. The most dramatic examples of workplace anger have resulted in workplace violence, where employees or former employees physically harmed either themselves or their co-workers. Controlling Your Anger in The Workplace is Critical What leads to anger in the workplace? Why does it occur? Most importantly, how can it be reduced or avoided entirely? In this article we will attempt to answer these questions. To understand anger in the workplace, one must be able to understand the nature of capitalism itself. In a…

A number of studies have indicated that there is a clear relationship that exists between stress and anger. Stress is a phenomenon that can take us from feeling peaceful to suddenly experiencing discomfort with regard to our surroundings. In scientific terms, stress is the response that our body gives to the demands that are placed on us on a daily basis. These demands are referred to as being "stressors." While many stressors are unavoidable, others are largely negative. For example, if you are on the way to work, and you are already running late, a stressor could be someone cutting…

In order for anger management to be effective, you must gain control over your anger. Trying to get rid of your anger is worthless, and the reason for this is because anger is a normal emotion, just like happiness or sadness; it is something you will experience many times throughout the course of your life. The best approach to anger management is one which is balanced. You will not only need to control the emotions you feel when you become angry, but you will also need to express this emotion in a manner which is healthy. One anger management technique…

Anger management is best described as psychological techniques which can allow a person to control or reduce the amount of anger they have when reacting to specific situations. Anger management techniques vary widely, but their goals are essentially the same; to allow an individual to manage their anger and resolve stressful or frustrating situations in a productive manner. Anger management methods make use of techniques such as breathing as well as meditation in order to bring about a level of relaxation. When it comes to anger management, one thing that you must keep in mind is that anger issues differ…

One of the biggest problem with most anger management programs is that they focus on anger as being the problem instead of focusing on “the ways in which people handle their anger.” Anger is an emotion that all humans express, and there is a reason why we express it. Anger is the emotion expressed by a human being when they want to let other human beings know that they are not happy with the situation they are in.  There are times when anger can be very helpful. For example, lets say that an investigation reveals that a local company in a…