Use Your Anger Productively

"You have to express your anger to release it" is a myth. Research shows that expressing your anger only makes it stronger. Turning away from it by doing nothing or distracting yourself leads to less intense anger.

Try to address the source of the anger, not the anger itself. F...

• Is your anger justified? Consider if you've really been wronged or treated unfairly, and what the real consequences of that are.
• What does your anger tell you about the situation? When you think your anger is justified, what is your anger communica...

When you are angry you often have terrible thoughts. But those thoughts tend to be imaginative and creative. Science shows that anger helps us create. 

That is because it is part of our fight or flight system. So anger is used to help you think of a unique way to he...