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Understanding Anger Stages

The document outlines the five stages of anger: 1) Pre-anger feelings including emotions like fear and sadness and body sensations like tension, 2) Trigger thoughts such as recalling past hurts and blaming others, 3) The anger feeling with physical symptoms like increased heart rate, 4) The impulse to act quickly based on past experiences, and 5) Anger behavior which can be either aggressive like shouting or passive like avoiding communication.

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Understanding Anger Stages

The document outlines the five stages of anger: 1) Pre-anger feelings including emotions like fear and sadness and body sensations like tension, 2) Trigger thoughts such as recalling past hurts and blaming others, 3) The anger feeling with physical symptoms like increased heart rate, 4) The impulse to act quickly based on past experiences, and 5) Anger behavior which can be either aggressive like shouting or passive like avoiding communication.

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Five Stages of Anger

1) Pre-Anger Feelings
a. Emotions:
i. Primary Emotions: fear, sadness, hurt
ii. Secondary Emotions: Shame, guilt, anxiety, hopelessness, loneliness, feeling
misunderstood, etc.
b. Body sensations: tension in stomach, shoulders or jaw, feeling hot, heaviness, agitation,
headache, shakiness, etc.
2) Trigger Thoughts
a. Recall of past hurts, failures, and losses
b. Judgmental
c. All-or-nothing: good/bad, right/wrong
d. I am a victim
e. Someone else is to blame
f. Labels: stupid, incompetent, selfish, crazy, lazy, wrong, jerk, etc.
3) Anger Feeling
a. Gradual or sudden
b. Survival mode (or fight-or-flight mode)
c. Body sensations: pounding/rapid heartbeat, fast breathing, trembling, clenched jaw,
muscle tension, feeling hot, etc.
4) Impulse to Act
a. Quick to follow anger feeling
b. Based on past history
c. Habit
5) Anger Behavior
a. Aggression: shouting, blaming, putting others down, violence, breaking things, rolling
eyes, looking disgusted, saying judgmental things, gossip, sarcasm, etc.
b. Passive/Avoidance: non-communication, cryptic or vague communication, avoiding,
ignoring, procrastinating, obstructing, being late, making excuses, self-pity, blaming
others, withholding, acting helpless, etc.

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