Anatomy of Anger
Try out this anger awareness exercise and see if it helps unlock a complicated emotion.
Suggestion:
 | Draw an iceberg on a piece of paper with the water revealing about
10% of the tip. Label the tip as Anger.
| Think about a time you felt angry in a situation.
| Write the things you did with your anger above the water.
| Check the ways to understand and control
anger section. What type of choices did you make? What happened as a
result?
| Since anger is always the second emotion, think about the first
feeling(s) you had in the experience and write them under the surface of
the "water line." Examples: Hurt, betrayal, jealousy, vulnerablity or
frustration.
| Did the problem get solved? Do you need to tell the people
involved how you felt?
| Do they need to use the anger iceberg to figure out what their
responsibility is?
| Evaluate your choices and include what might have happened if you
used an assertive response.
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