Your Anger Review

• Anger is an emotion responding to an underlying existing emotion or feeling.
• Anger is a secondary emotion.
• Be mindful, an anger trigger is anything that makes you upset, bothered, unsettled, or mad.
• Become familiar with your anger cues the physical indicator that your emotions are escalating.
• Your (Safety Plan) will help you feel secure when your feelings and/or emotions are escalating. (Written Plan of Action)
• Calming techniques such as prayer, self-talk, breathing exercise, walking away and pleasant imagery will assist with deflating and preventing anger and aggression.
• Peer pressure, family, music, your environment, and social media (Instagram) are social influences that can affect your behavior.  Remember S.O.D.A.S. when dealing with social influences and problem-solving –

Situation   Options   Disadvantages   Advantages   Solution

“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”

~ Wayne Dyer

• Being socially responsible is selecting your peers wisely. You can tell the sign of a good friend by looking at the positive actions they take big and small.

“Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.”

~ Karen Ravn

• Remember:  If nothing changes then nothing changes.
• Negative Behavior comes from negative thoughts.  Think positive, and optimistic.
• Optimism is when you view things in a positive manner.
• Being calm increases the ability to listen better, speak more clearly and create a non-threatening atmosphere.
• Avoid high-risk choices such as using or selling drugs, stealing, hanging with the wrong crowds, etc.
• Addiction is to become dependent on something – such as drugs or gambling
• What we put in us is what comes out of us.  What we FEED will Grow and what we STARVE will DIE.
• Remember to relax and meditate with breathing exercises.  Start each day afresh; with an open mind and a positive agenda.
• Risk being the best you and remember (every Action has a Reaction), choose your actions wisely.
• Domestic Violence:  aggressive violent behavior within a relationship: i.e. home
• Honesty is to be truthful while Integrity is to hold sound to a standard and being honest.
• Good morals are to care about what’s wrong or right, ethics. 
• You can’t do wrong right and you can’t do right wrong.
• Ethics is to have right or good behavior.
• Obedience is to follow the rules, the law, and directives.

Ownership is to be truthful and responsible for your actions.
Responsibility means to be accountable.

Avoid Harmful Behaviors – Physical Abuse, Property Abuse, Substance Abuse, Trust Abuse and Sexual Abuse.

A Better Way – Social Responsibility Therapy