1. DEALING WITH ANGER

2. WHO HERE HAS
EVER FELT ANGRY?
• Are you sure that what you felt was anger?

3. ANGER:THE SECONDARY EMOTION
•Anger often occurs as a result of being unable to
cope with primary emotions.

4. WHAT IS A PRIMARY EMOTION?
• Primary emotions are feelings we have that
come to us before we get angry
• What feelings have you all experienced
before getting angry?
• Hurt?
• Jealousy?
• Sadness?
• Fear?
• Stress?
• Mistrust?
• Guilty?
• Disappointment?

5. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?
• Feelings are usually precipitated by cognitions
• What kind of cognitions go through your head before you begin to feel unwanted
emotions?
• “I cant do this”
• “This is stupid”
• “Nobody disrespects me”
• “This person deserves to suffer”
• “Why would they hurt me like this”
• “This teacher is making me mad”
• “I can’t back down, or they’ll think I’m a chump”

6. KNOW YOUR TRIGGERS!
AND AVOID THEM!

7. WHAT DOES YOUR ANGER LOOK LIKE?

8. HOW CAN WE USE OUR WARNING
SIGNS TO HELP US STOP ANGER?

9. FIND YOUR HAPPY PLACE

10. DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING

11. Anger Thinking
Use counting to engage the
pre-frontal cortex and shut
down the amygdala

12. YOUR BRAIN ON
ANGER!

14. LETS ROLE PLAY!