The Five Dimensions of Anger
To understand and develop the skills associated with anger management, think of anger as five interrelated dimensions, all operating simultaneously.
Our thoughts when we are angry | ||
How we act when we are angry | ![]() | The emotions that our anger arouses |
How we experience the world when we are angry | The ways we let others know that we are angry |
For example, what you think when you are angry influences how you feel, how you feel when you are angry influences how you communicate, how you communicate affects how you think, and how you think affects how you behave.