2). After reading Chapter 8 in its
entirety, answer the following question: Are you a person who tends to
blow up, do you express your anger calmly, or do you simply not express it at
all? What are the outcomes of expressing anger in this way?
I have always been a mix when it
comes to anger. There are some people that I can calmly express my anger to,
but only in some situations. Typically, I express my anger about other people
to my boyfriend or my mom. I have no problem telling them how I feel, but when
it comes to being angry at one of them, I tend to hold it in until I blow up. I
really put effort into this not happening. I always try to express as I get
angry, even to them but sometimes I don’t want to deal with it, so I hold it in
and do not express anything until I blow up. When this happens, I tend to get
really emotional and so does the other person. In the end it causes more harm
than good and I realize that I should have just addressed the situation when it
first happened.
I like your post and your honesty. I have a few times tried to hold in my anger and then ended up exploding because there was no more anger I could contain. I'm glad that you recognize it as something that is unhealthy and are trying to make conscious efforts to be honest about your anger. I found that this method works well because it allows you to solve a dispute immediately instead of letting all these little frustrations build up until they explode. Nice post!
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