Anger is a strong human emotion. It is a physical and mental response to a threat or harm done in the past. In psychology, it is said that Anger is the umbrella emotion and it covers numerous feelings like hurt, embarrassment, rejection, fear, insecurity. It is not a condition. It is a symptom which indicates that life is unbalanced.

It is a natural response when a person is attacked, deceived, frustrated or treated unfairly. It should be kept in mind that Anger is not always a bad emotion. At times, it can be useful as it can help us to defend ourselves in the Angerous situations.

What Causes Anger?

Anger can be due to innumerable reasons in today’s fast pace life. Even the children seemed to suffer from this. Though it is just impossible to list all the factors that are responsible for Anger but below is listed some of the common causes.

Excessive work
Go for office without breakfast
If a person is treated unfairly
Insufficient sleep
No exercise
No time for oneself
When a person is threatened or attacked
When person feels frustrated or powerless

What are the associated symptom with Anger?

The associated symptom with Anger are as follows:
Anxiety
Fear of abandonment
Impulsive behavior like taking drugs and alcohol
Unstable moods

What are the warning signs in Anger?

Causing problem in day to day life.
When Anger is expressed through destructive behavior.
When it is having effect on mental and physical health.

What are different Ways in which Anger is expressed?

When a person is angry, he or she may behave differently than normal way. Aggression, shouting, violence are the most common ways by which Anger is displayed.

Aggression and violence: Such as shouting, swearing, slamming doors, hitting or throwing things and being physically violent, verbally abusive and threatening towards others.

Inward aggression: When a person hate himself, denying himself from basic needs like food, cutting himself off from the world and self-harming.

Non-violent or passive aggression: Such as ignoring people or refusing to speak to them, refusing to do tasks, or deliberately doing things poorly, being sarcastic while not saying anything aggressive or angry.

Diseases associated with Anger

Anger can cause mental health problems. It can lead to stressful life. A person can lose self-esteem. It can further lead to depression, anxiety, eating problems or self-harm, sleep problems. A person can become addicted to alcohol and drugs. It can lead to personality disorders like psychosis. It can lead to physical problems like colds and flu, digestive problems, high blood pressure.

How a person expresses his Anger?

How a person expresses his Anger depends on :-

His childhood and upbringing: If a person is punished for expressing Anger as a child. If Anger is suppressed for a long time in childhood it may become a long-term problem in adulthood. Another situation comes when parents or other adults become out of control. So, a child considers Anger as destructive and he became terrified from expressing Anger.

His current atmosphere: Anger can be seen in situation when someone has lost very important person in life.

His past experiences.

A person can easily control Anger by following simple steps like.

As Anger causes rush of adrenaline through body, it can lead to symptoms like, fast heartbeat, quick breathing, body become tense, tapping in feet, clenching of jaw or fists which is shown in excessive Anger.

Look out for warning signs.

Take some time to think: If you feel very angry, just walk away from the situation for a while. This will give you time to work out what you’re thinking about the situation. In this time decide how to react according to situation and be in more balanced way. In meantime to control Anger you can count to 10 before giving any reaction. You can go for a short walk.

The best way to manage Anger by talking to most trusted friend. It will help to become peaceful.

Some techniques for managing Anger

Breathe slowly: try to breathe out for longer than you breathe in and focus on each breath as you take it.

Relax your body: If a person feels his body getting tense, he should try to focus the body part and should relax it.

Try to use up some of energy safely: like in order to calm down, a person can do certain activities like tearing up a newspaper, or hitting a pillow, or smashing ice cubes in a sink. This will prevent the person in doing any anti: social activity.

Do something to distract the mind: A person in order to divert his mind can do certain activities like listening music and dance, doing some colouring, can take cold shower.

Always try to calm down and express your Anger by talking in respectful way rather than abusive language, so that other may understood you better.

Change in lifestyle: Avoid drugs and alcohol, as these affect the ability to control emotions and actions. It can lead to violence.

Be physically active: Go for walk or do some routine exercises which makes your mood better.

A person should take good sleep.

Take healthy food and drinks.

Learn to deal with pressure: Always tackle pressure calmly. Do not panic.

Self-talk: Replace negative mental thoughts by doing self-talk.

Laugh: Just laugh out loud or do something that will make you laugh such as reading a joke book or watching a comedy on TV.

Stretching: Sit in a chair with your upper body resting forward on your lap. Slowly roll up, starting at the base of your spine, until your back is straight. Stretch neck muscles by tilting your head to the right and slowly rolling your head down and to the left. Repeat a few times in both directions.

Self-Massage: Sit with your shoulders relaxed. Use your right hand to massage your left shoulder and neck, working your way up to the scalp. Repeat, using the left hand for the right shoulder.

These are some techniques which are useful when a person is very angry for short duration. If Anger is creating a lot of problem for long time he should pay attention on certain issues like:

He / She should learn his triggers.
He / She should understand the situations which trigger his Anger.
He / She should think and develop strategies which help to deal with situation better before the situation happens actually.
He can make diary in which he should note down certain topics like:
What were the circumstances?
What other person did or do to trigger his Anger?
How did you feel?
How a person behaves?
How did he feel afterwards?
Introspection is very necessary.

Few Helpful Homeopathic Medicine to Manage Anger

Anger can be right or wrong, reaction or overreaction, occasional or frequent. If you feel this Anger has become a problem then try to reduce it as a moment of Anger can cost you dear. Below, there are few Homeopathic medicines which can be helpful according to a particular sign and symptoms of an individual.

Homeopathic Medicine Aconite

This remedy is associated with physical and mental restlessness and fright. This remedy covers all mental emotions and can be given safely for all mental troubles like fear, anxiety, restlessness. It can be given in Delirium in which patient is very unhappy, worry, has fear. He

fears death but he believes that he will soon die. It can be given in cases where patient has a fear the future, has fear of crowd, of crossing street. Music is unbearable. He feels very sad by listening to music. This remedy is given to people who are excitable, are generally healthy and strong, but they develop illness rapidly and exhibit a marked loss of strength. It can be given for conditions like extreme phobias, panic attacks with fear of death. It can be given for after effects of fear, bad effects of excitement. It can treat malicious behaviour with strong tendency of to be angry, to be frightened, and to quarrel. Patient has changeable mood, at one time sad, depressed, irritable, and despairing, at another time gay, excited, full of hope, and disposed to sing and dance. Patient has fear of dark.

Patient feel worse when he is lying on affected side, from listening music, after inhaling tobacco smoke.

He feels worse after exposure of dry cold winds.

He feels better in open air.

Aconite 30 Dosage: 3 pellets 3 times a day with less frequency as improvement is made.

Homeopathic Medicine Chamomilla

It can treat cases of Anger, where patient suffers from asthma from Anger. It can treat irritability and hypersensitivity to pain. It can be given in cases where patient suffers attacks of great anguish, as if the heart would break, with complete discouragement. He has so Anger that he keeps tossing in bed, groans, and tears things with violent pain in stomach. It can cure condition when patient has tendency of weeping along with angry. Patient is quarrelsome in nature. It can be best suited to patient who have low pain threshold, as well as Anger. They are very angry in nature.

They are bad-tempered, easily offended, and impossible to please. They become red when angry, and hate being touched. This bad temper, Anger, or stress causes many physical symptoms on body. It can also be given to children who are very bad natured and are pacified only if being carried and cuddled by someone walking around. Many things are given to him, but he refuses when given. He cries constantly, because he cannot have what he wants. It is given to patient who are impatient, intolerant of being spoken to or interrupted. All of their physical complaints start because of Anger.

Patient feel worse from heat, from Anger, from open air, from wind. They feel worse in night. Patient feel better from being carried and from warm wet weather.

Chamomilla-30 Dosage: 6 pills 2 times a day for 10 days.

Homeopathic Medicine Nux vomica

It is great remedy for irritability found in person. This is suited who are highly driven and ambitious, desire for rich foods and stimulants. It is also a great remedy for insomnia. This remedy is for workaholic personalities who drive themselves to stress and excess. They are ambitious and pushy, they thrive on challenges, and often work in managerial jobs. These are highly driven people and tend to overload their bodies at play as well as at work. They tend to have high sex drives. They consume too much rich food, coffee, and alcohol, and abuse drugs. These habits lead to tension and sleeplessness, and often leads to digestive disorders. They suffer from peptic ulcers, liver problems because of their nature. This remedy is given for conditions like irritability and insomnia. It can also be given for hangover-like symptoms with disrupted sleep along with great irritability. Patient has sensitive to all impressions. It can be given for conditions when patient feel extreme sensitivity to noises, odors, light. He does not want to be touched.

Patient feel worse in morning, He is worse from doing any mental exertion. He feels worse after eating, after any touch, form eating spices. He is worse from taking stimulants, narcotics, from dry weather, form cold.

Patient feel better from a nap. He feels better in the evening, while resting in damp, wet weather.

Nux vomica Dosage: one dose of NUX VOM 1M on a single day. If it works satisfactorily during the next 7 days to overcome your impulsive nature, you can repeat the remedy in higher potencies whenever the symptoms recur.

Homeopathic Medicine Staphysagria

It is remedy given for suppressed emotions and other problems arising from this. It is a remedy for people who suppress their emotions especially rage. These people are extremely sensitive, particularly to criticism or rudeness. They appear mild-natured and yielding on the surface, but they have irritation and Anger bubble away inside them. They have these emotions inside but as their emotions finally erupt, they often overreact and tremble with Anger. These people often crave for alcohol and sweet foods. It can be given to person who are very sensitive as to what others say about them. It can be given to children who cries for many things and refuses them when offered. It is very good remedy for ill effects of Anger and insults.

Patient feel worse from Anger, grief, loss of fluids, from sexual excesses. He feels worse from use of tobacco.

Patient feel better after eating breakfast and from taking rest.

Staphysagria 30 Dosage: one time for 4 days less frequency as improvement is made.

Homeopathic Medicine Aurum Met

It is given to patient who are workaholic nature. It is very good remedy for those who have bouts of Anger and violence. They feel worse at night. It is given to patient who always set tough standards for themselves. If these goals are not achieved they consider that they have failed in this. They have a feeling of emptiness and despair. It is given for hypersensitivity, both emotionally and physically. As they are emotionally overcharged, they tend to overreact to criticism or contradiction. They explode into fierce Anger with trembling and flushing. This remedy can be given for depression and grief. In depression, these patient feel anxiety and a sense of worthlessness and despair. They have empty feeling, as though everything is just for show but lacks substance. It is very good remedy for clinical depression and suicide. It is very good remedy for treatment of

suicide with increased blood pressure. Patient talks of committing suicide, but he has a fear of death.

Patient feel worse in cold weather and after getting cold.

Aurum Met Dosage: aurum met 200 2 times a day for 5 days with less frequency as improvement is made.

Homeopathic Medicine Tarentula Hispanica

It is very good remedy for mood swings with extreme restlessness. It is very good remedy for persons who show signs of hyperactivity, over stimulation. They have extreme sensitivity to music. It is a remedy for mood swings where patient has laughter and happiness at one time rapidly replaced by violent, destructive rage and a marked tendency to be manipulative. It is most commonly prescribed to treat extreme Anger and mood swings and restless limbs. It is given in extreme restlessness as patient is in constant motion. It can also cure destructive impulses and give relaxation. The patient is averse to company, but wants someone present all time.

Patient feel worse from motion, by contact, by noise.

Patient feel better in open air, from bright colors, from rubbing affected parts.

Tarentula Hispanica Dosage: Tarentula 200 2 times a day for 5 days with less frequency as improvement is made

Homeopathic Medicine Colocynth

It is very useful for conditions that are triggered by suppressed Anger. Because of suppressed Anger these people have many complaints like they feel restless, anxious and reserved. They are easily irritated or Anger ed. They have a strong sense of right and wrong. They feel humiliated if their opinion is contradicted. It can be given to person who are easily feel humiliated. It is suited to irritable people who easily angered and ill effects there from. Patient becomes angry when questioned.

Patient feel worse from Anger.

Patient feel better from hard pressure, warmth, lying with head bent forward.

Colocynth Dosage: Colocynth 200 2 times a day for 5 days with less frequency as improvement is made

Various other treatment to tackle Anger

Counselling: It is a short: term treatment. Here patient can talk to a counsellor to talk on some specific issue: like outburst of Anger and how he can control the situation.

Meditation: It is an ancient technique practiced in many nations. It is an effective way of coping with daily stress.

Psychotherapy: It involves to go to past experiences of patient.

How to do Meditation?

Choose a quiet room which is not too brightly lit. The best time to do meditation are before breakfast and before dinner. Allow yourself five minutes at first and gradually work up to 20 minutes or more at a sitting.

Sit upright in a straight chair, with spine erect, your ears above your shoulders and your chin tucked in. Feet should be flat on the floor, your hands resting in lap. Rock back and forth until you feel your posture is centred and balanced. Let your eyes droop nearly closed and directed toward a spot on the floor a few feet in front of you. Keep your body perfectly still unless you need to shift because of pain or discomfort.

Start with deep breathing. Inhale normally and exhale deeply, letting all the breath flow out. Pause, then inhale, letting the breath flow in naturally. Use the muscles of your abdomen rather than your chest to breathe.

Allow your breathing to become natural and somewhat slow, as though you were settling down to sleep. As you exhale, count “one. Continue counting, each time you exhale, up to 10. If thoughts enter your mind and you forget to count, simply notice and dismiss the thoughts, then begin again at “one”. The same with sounds and bodily sensations.

Many thoughts will enter your mind as you meditate. Don’t try to stop them, but don’t follow them either. Just let them pass through.

Meditation has slow effect by doing it regularly, day after day.

Some Stress Relievers

when you often feel angry and you just want to relieve it, please try to make dietary and life style changes. This will not only help you to keep calm but also manages Anger in better way and thus improving quality of life.

Apologize for a mistake
Call up an old friend
Change coffee break to exercise break
Cry
Cut back on caffeine
Do one thing at time
Eat a good breakfast
Forgive someone
Get a massage
Get a pet
Learn to say no
Lift weights
Listen to the birds
Make time for play
Meditate
Paint a peaceful scene in your imagination
Plant a flower
Quit smoking
Read a good book
Spend on evening without TV
Stand up and stretch
Wear earplugs when it’s noisy
Write down your fears, your dreams, your congressman

To be angry in certain situation is justifiable but remaining always angry is not correct. It robs physicals and mental health. So, if you feel your anger has become a problem then try to reduce it as much as possible.

Anger Management Using Homeopathy