Feeling angry is pretty natural and quite a healthy emotion to feel – when you’re in control of it. It’s normal to feel angry if we are frustrated or treated badly and it can help motivate us and help us identify personal problems.
Anger can also help us stay safe and defend ourselves in dangerous situations as anger usually comes with a quick ‘burst of energy’, which is part of our natural fight or flight system.
However, what’s not healthy is when your anger causes you to behave in a destructive way, has a negative impact on your mental and physical healthy, or becomes your ‘default’ emotion when you want to block your other emotions out.
If you feel like you have an anger problem, the following treatments are available:
Talking therapy and counselling
Anger management programmes
Help for violent and abusive behaviour
Your best bet is to speak to your GP about these treatments so they can help you decide which one would be best for you.
Anger can also help us stay safe and defend ourselves in dangerous situations as anger usually comes with a quick ‘burst of energy’, which is part of our natural fight or flight system.
However, what’s not healthy is when your anger causes you to behave in a destructive way, has a negative impact on your mental and physical healthy, or becomes your ‘default’ emotion when you want to block your other emotions out.
If you feel like you have an anger problem, the following treatments are available:
Talking therapy and counselling
Anger management programmes
Help for violent and abusive behaviour
Your best bet is to speak to your GP about these treatments so they can help you decide which one would be best for you.