What is Anger?
Everyone feels angry at times. It is part of the human make up to feel anger. We are programmed to get angry to preserve and protect ourselves. There are different levels of anger. We can be slightly irritated or really mad. The emotion of anger affects our bodies. When you are mad your heart beats faster and your blood pressure goes up. Hormones that increase energy are also produced.

What causes Anger?
Anger is different for everybody. Many different things can make us angry. It can be people or things outside of us. We can also be angry at thoughts and feelings that we have inside. Sometimes we are mistreated or abused and this makes us angry. This is a time when we need to use our anger to help us. We can use our anger as a tool to motivate us. When we believe that we should not feel certain feelings we feel anger in their place. If we do not know how to deal with certain feelings we feel anger instead. Anger is the emotion that we use when we feel
• Insecure: When we are feeling unsure of ourselves we may not like the feeling. It may make us angry. We may try to hide the fact that we are insecure by being angry instead.
• Afraid: If we are frightened by something it may make us mad. We may be angry to try and lessen or avoid our fear.
• Powerless: When we have little or no control over things we are often angry. We may try to gain some control by being mad.
• Hurt: When someone or something hurts our feelings it is often easier to be angry then to admit that we were hurt.
• Frustrated: When a situation is not going our way or is hard for us to deal with our anger may be the way that we deal with our frustrations
• Stress: If we are really stressed out we may anger more easily. Things that normally do not make us mad may really irritate us.
• Guilt or Shame: If we feel badly about something we have done or a way that we have acted we may express it as anger instead. This is often easier than examining what we truly are feeling.
Sometimes when our lives are overwhelming or we have a lot of disappointment we may be more easily angered. We may take our anger at our life out on the people closest to use. We may express anger at certain things when really we are mad about other things. Anger is a tricky emotion. When we do not deal with it or understand it anger can affect us and everyone around us. Not knowing how to handle anger can lead to problems in our lives. We can have trouble with relationships and work. Out of control anger can lower our quality of life. Do not let anger control you.

Expressing Anger
Not everyone expresses anger in the same way. Not expressing anger does not mean that is not there. If we do not express anger then it just stays inside of us. Bottling up anger is unhealthy and doesn't help resolve whatever is making you angry.

When it stays inside of us it may come out in harmful ways. Expressing anger inappropriately (hurting yourself or someone else, or destroying objects) is also unhealthy, is sometimes illegal, and doesn't help resolve whatever is making your angry. We may take it out on or hurt people we are not really mad at. One of the best ways of facing anger is to ask, "What am I really angry about?" By asking this we can start to deal with what is really making us mad. This can keep us from hurting ourselves or others.

ANGER IS A FEELING— There is a difference between feelings and actions. As a man, you have learned to emphasize action over feelings. In order to deal more effectively with your anger, you must separate the emotion of anger from feeling like you have to act it out in any way, on others or on yourself. Although I will give you some ideas on how to focus and discharge your anger, there really is no need to do anything when you are angry other than feel it. It may take something as simple as stating, "I am angry," to take some of the excess charge off.
FEELING ANGRY DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE RIGHT— Just because you feel angry at any given moment doesn't mean that you are right. This one is difficult, because we so love to be right. Yet getting on a position, adamantly believing that no matter what, you are right, can lead to even greater hostilities, destructiveness, and violence. Wars are started because of at least two people thinking they are right and the other fellow is wrong. When you feel angry with someone, remind yourself that not only is your anger simply a feeling, but that you don't have to remain righteously positioned with your anger.

Anger management is the process of learning how to recognize signs that you're becoming angry. And also taking steps to calm down and deal with the situation in a positive way. Click on the link below to read more.
http://www.gigihealth.com/anger-management-what-to-expect/