Furthermore, understanding the function of someone's anger makes it easier to acknowledge and validate their anger like we discussed in number 1 above. The next time you find yourself confronted with someone else anger, ask yourself: What function could their anger be serving? What does being angry (a pleasurable emotion) help them achieve or do or think? We humans are meaning-making machines. We're also storytelling machines.

Dealing with other people's anger can be challenging, confusing, and sometimes terrifying-especially if it's someone we're close to like a spouse, parent, or co-worker. In this article, I'm going to teach you how to think about and handle other people's anger like a professional psychologist would.

Understand yourself and those around you.

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