Managing Anger
A man is driving on the street and comes across a traffic jam. A commercial bus driver picks his passengers, on his way he meets the same traffic jam. There is confusion, the drivers are impatient, time is wasting. The private car owners are impatient too, they’re running late for work.
The commercial bus drivers have to meet their target for the day. Yelling and curses are exchanged by irritated, angry motorists, blaring of horns from all direction. Then an accident, Mr. A’s car has been hit by a commercial bus driver. Both parties get out from their cars and a fight starts. It’s the same age old anger (RAGE). A motorist is clubbed to death at a busy intersection by angry area boys.
A husband beats up his nagging wife whom he has tried on several occasion to ignore. An enraged boyfriend pours acid on his girlfriend just because she calls their relationship off. A man losses his job because in anger he insults his boss. There are several stories and reports of anger simply known as rage. Some people kill as a result of anger. A recent story was reported of a young man that killed his neighbour by dealing him matches cuts and pouring acid on him in a moment of anger, or even shooting his neighbour. He kept blaming everything on anger.
What most motorist experience on the road is called (ROAD RAGE). Road rage is worse. Anger is also common in homes where you have domestic violence. In companies, in the malls, market place etc.
The result of anger happens to be the result of personal attitudes and accumulation of stress in the motorists life. Anger should be controlled else it could get out of hand and the result is an irreparable damage. There have been cases of people who have in a moment anger killed, lost their lives or destroyed properties. Anger therefore leads to aggression. People who allow anger (rage) rule them are putting themselves at the risk of ailments like stroke, activated by high blood pressure and hypertension.
MANAGING ANGER
The advice is this, learn to manage anger by asking yourself some of these questions: Is it necessary to get so worked up over the object of your anger?
What would getting angry solve?. Take your time, breath in deeply and if possible walk away or ignore the cause of your anger. It might not be easy but in the long run you may have saved yourself the aftermath regret.
Another way of reducing your anger or rage to an appreciable distance is by engaging yourself in a little exercise. This is done by first positioning yourself in a room alone then close your eyes, at this moment you will be having different thoughts in your head, what you must do at this point is try not to think anything, clear your mind and remain thoughtless for 5 minutes, you can do this as long as you want and afterward you will notice how much your anger will be reducing as you will be slow to anger and more calculative.
