Stress Management Skills - EEE3122

Stress Management Skills - EEE3122

• Anger is an intense emotion felt when something goes wrong, typically characterized by stress, frustration, and irritation
• Anger is a normal response to difficult situations, but becomes a problem when excessively displayed and impacts daily functioning
• Anger can vary in intensity, sometimes being excessive or irrational
• Anger is a natural response to pain (physical or emotional)
• Anger can arise from feeling unwell, rejected, threatened, or experiencing loss
• Anger triggers physiological and biological changes, including increased heart rate, blood pressure, and hormone levels (adrenaline, noradrenaline)
• Anger can be caused by both external and internal factors

Subtopics

• The Nature of Anger

  • Anger is a natural, mostly automatic response
  • Anger can be experienced in different ways: hot, cold, long, short.
  • The categories long, short, hot, and cold anger help understand how the emotion functions in daily life

• Approaches to Anger Management

  • Cognitive Restructuring: changing thinking patterns. Angry people tend to think dramatically
    • Replace exaggerated thoughts with rational ones
    • Remind yourself your anger won't solve problems and to use logic instead of emotions.
    • Realize the world isn't out to get you and you're just experiencing challenges.
    • Focus on the present moment
  • Relaxation: calming techniques, such as deep breathing and visualization
    • Deep breathing techniques for self-soothing.
    • Imagery to relax the body, calming down and inducing relaxation responses
  • Problem Solving: tackling issues causing anger with a structured approach
    • Stages: Recognizing, defining, and developing solutions
    • Stages: Evaluating and allocating resources and continuously evaluating solutions and decisions to address the problem
  • Better Communication: communicating effectively to prevent escalation
    • Pause before responding when angry.
    • Pay attention and listen to others, before responding.
    • Avoid jumping to conclusions, and thinking clearly about what you want to communicate before speaking, in a heated discussion.

Explore the intricacies of stress and anger management in this quiz tailored for EEE3122. Understand the nature of anger, its triggers, and the physiological responses it evokes. Gain insights into how to handle various types of anger in daily life for improved emotional well-being.