Teen/Children's Concerns: Anger

What CAUSES anger?

People engage in angry behavior for several reasons. People may act angry to get others to do what the angry person wants. People act angry without a conscious reason or purpose as a reflexive reaction to fear, loss, frustration or pain. Anger may also be directed at one person when the angry person is actually angry about something else. This is referred to as "misdirected" anger, and may be preformed to get sympathy or support from others.

FRUSTRATION
"I can't do it! I hate English, and
I will never be good at it!"
HURT
"How can you say that to me? I
thought that you were my friend?"
ANNOYANCE
"How many times do I have to
repeat myself?"
DISAPPOINTMENT
"I was looking forward to that
party all week, and now I'm
grounded."
HARASSMENT
"Leave me alone. All you ever
do is pick on me."

THREATS
"If you touch me one more time,
I'm going to knock your
head off."

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