Quick (and Not-So-Quick) Facts About Anger
The following collection of Quick Facts are from Dave Decker, M.A.
Anger Quick Facts
- Consequences Related To Becoming Punishing, Explosive, and Abusive
- How To Tell Whether You Have Really Changed The Way That You Experience And Express Your Anger
- An Escalation In Action
- Understanding Your Anger: [Defining What Anger Is And What Anger Isn’t]
- Some Angry Thoughts From The World Around Us
- The Continuum Of Anger
- Escalation Prevention Plan De-Escalation Strategies
- Toxic Distortions And Perversions of Anger
- How To Handle Your Anger Effectively And Respectfully: The Short Course
- Payoffs Related To Becoming Punishing, Explosive, and Abusive
- How Your Life Can Be Different If You Work To Change The Way You Experience and Express Your Anger
- "Snappy Dog"
- The Tower Of Anger
- Think About TRIGGERS
- Where Anger Can Affect You In Your Life
- What's In Your "Anger (aka Life-Skills) Toolbox"?
- Important Elements in Anger Management
- Examples of Controlling Behavior
- Treatment Goals for Anger Management Issues
- Some Self-Talk Log Examples 1
- Some Self-Talk Log Examples 2
- Personality Disorders (from the DSM-V) that can be Related to Anger and Abuse Issues
ASSERTIVENESS Quick Facts
- Traditional vs. Assertiveness Beliefs
- Self-Talk That Promotes or Interferes With Your Being Assertive
DOMESTIC ABUSE Quick Facts
- Some Possible Effects of Domestic Abuse on Children
- Excuses and Justifications for Being Abusive And Violent With Women and Others
- How Abuse and Violence Can Occur In A Partner Relationship
- How Women Can Be Impacted By Controlling And Abusive Behavior
- Some Myths About Domestic Abuse
- Some Warning Signs That A Man May Become Disrespectful And Abusive With You
- What You Can Do If You Suspect That A Woman Is Being Abused
- Why A Woman May Have Difficulty Leaving An Abusive Relationhip
- What is "Male Entitlement"?
- Possible Treatment Goals for Men Who Are Struggling With Domestic Abuse and Anger Management Issues
- Examples of Possible Treatment Goals for Women Whose Partners Have Been Controlling and Abusive With Them
Healthy Relationships Quick Facts
- Healthy Boundaries
- Some Examples of Unhealthy and Healthy Boundaries in Your Life and in Your Relationships with Other People
- The Developmental Stages of Partner Relationships When Anger is an Issue
- Some Different Types of Intimacy That Can Exist in Partner Relationships
PARENTING Quick Facts
ROAD RAGE Quick Facts
SHAME Quick Facts
- Cycles of Shame and Empowerment
- "Shame"
- Some Signals that Shame May Be Present (In You or In Others)
- Some Potential Effects in Coming from a Shame-based Environment and Living a Shame-based Lifestyle
- Some Signs that Higher Self-Esteem is Present in You or Others
STRESS Quick Facts
- Understanding Stress
- Some Stress Management Techniques That You May Want To Use In Your Life
- Recognizing and Handling Holiday Stress More Effectively
- Some Symptoms That Stress Has the Potential To Trigger in You
- Changes That Can Occur in Your Life and the Stress They Have the Potential to Create for You