You are now in a confrontation and you feel the anger building up inside you. What do you do? You don’t want to verbally or physically abuse the person you are having the confrontation with, so what do you do? Most anger experts say the best thing you can do is to immediately defuse the situation by asking for a “time out”, for example, going for a walk to calm your emotions, or ask the person if this can be discussed at a future time when both you and (if necessary) the other person have had a chance to calm down, re-think the situation and feel as though you both are at a point when you can discuss the situation calmly.

These steps can even be repeated if one or both of the people involved feel anger again resurfacing. Try looking at the big picture (the rest of your life). Decide if this issue really that important to cause you to lose control and do or say something that will affect you for the rest of your life, or cause you to lose a relationship that is very dear to you? Next week we will look at how important it is to control your anger, and how if left unchecked, can do damage to both yourself and the other person for the rest of your and their lives.

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