Articles about Anger
14 free articles, newest first. Every one is a few minutes long, written in plain language, and open to everyone with no account.
Being Around Someone You Cannot Stand
A relative, a colleague, the other parent at pickup. Why liking them is not the goal, the three topics and the exit line to prepare, and how to keep your evening…
Fighting the System for Someone You Love
Forty minutes on hold while the care someone needs sits behind it. Where to aim the anger, why writing everything down changes how you are answered, and how to last the…
The Argument You Keep Having
Same subject, same lines, same ending, over and over. Why some arguments never resolve, how to find what the fight is really about, and what to do when it starts again.
After You Shouted at Your Child
You lost it, their face changed, and now you feel sick about it. How to repair it properly, what children actually take from these moments, and how to make the next one…
Angry With the Person You Are Caring For
You snapped at someone who is ill, and now you feel like the worst person alive. Why anger is so common in caring, and what to do with it that does not involve…
Saying You Are Angry Before You Are Furious
You say nothing at two out of ten, nothing at five, and then everything at nine. How to raise an annoyance while it is still small enough to be heard.
Angry at Someone You Cannot Confront
The person has died, moved away, holds all the power, or would only deny it. What to do with real anger when the conversation that would settle it is not available.
After You Lost Your Temper
You shouted, the room went quiet, and now you feel sick about it. What is happening in your body afterward, how to repair it properly, and how to look at the pattern…
When Someone Takes Their Anger Out on You
Their day was terrible and you are the one standing there. How to respond to misdirected anger without absorbing it, escalating, or pretending it did not happen.
What to Do With Anger in Your Body
Anger arrives as physical energy with nowhere to go. What actually discharges it, what quietly rehearses it, and how to come down without taking it out on anyone.
Why You Have a Short Fuse When You Are Tired
The snapping is usually not about the thing you snapped at. Here is what tiredness does to your patience, and what actually helps in the hour when you have none left.
The Anger Under Your Anxiety
You worry constantly and rarely get angry. For some people those two facts are connected. How anger that has nowhere to go can come back as worry, and what to do when…
When You Are Angriest at the People You Love
You are patient with strangers and coworkers, then snap at your partner or your kids over nothing.
What Your Anger Is Trying to Tell You
Anger gets treated as a problem to suppress. It is actually a messenger, and it usually arrives with something worth hearing.