Comments on: Reacting with Anger http://www.happinesshelp.org/reacting-with-anger helping you on the path to happiness Fri, 14 May 2010 01:34:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: tdlagrua http://www.happinesshelp.org/reacting-with-anger/comment-page-1#comment-7 tdlagrua Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:46:00 +0000 http://buckymarvel.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/reacting-with-anger/#comment-7 Asking yourself if your anger is "just" (justifiable) or unjust is a good place to start. Just anger is when the other person(s) have INTENTIONALLY hurt you and OTHER people would agree with you (a very important piece). Most often asking yourself these questions can help: "did that person really mean to hurt me?" "Would other people see that way as well?" Example: A person pulls out in front of you in traffic, is it really their intention to hurt you? Probably not since they don't even know who you are. Yet we often get so angry!<br/><br/>Unjust anger is when the other person(s) did not intentionally try to hurt you or anyone else, others and would agree. <br/><br/>By catagorizing the type of anger you are experiencing can immediately eliminate some of the anger. Asking yourself if your anger is “just” (justifiable) or unjust is a good place to start. Just anger is when the other person(s) have INTENTIONALLY hurt you and OTHER people would agree with you (a very important piece). Most often asking yourself these questions can help: “did that person really mean to hurt me?” “Would other people see that way as well?” Example: A person pulls out in front of you in traffic, is it really their intention to hurt you? Probably not since they don’t even know who you are. Yet we often get so angry!

Unjust anger is when the other person(s) did not intentionally try to hurt you or anyone else, others and would agree.

By catagorizing the type of anger you are experiencing can immediately eliminate some of the anger.

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