Anger is a basic human emotion like many others such as sadness, happiness etc. Anger is experienced when some kind of danger, violation or injustice is perceived or felt by a person. Anger can be seen in different forms ranging from irritation to blinding rage or resentment.
Experiencing anger is normal, but if the frequency of anger episodes increases and it starts to affect person’s life, relationships, work, legal standing then it becomes a problem. In Adults, an uncontrollable emotion of rage often escalates to some serious incidents. Hence it is important to monitor the frequency and ways in which a person shows this emotion and how it affects their life.
There are number of symptoms that demonstrates the possibility of anger in an adult:
• You feel angry because of a small fight in your relationship
• Missing a promotion at work triggers anger
• Socially, you feel agitated and find difficulty in adjusting
• constant negative thinking and focusing on negative experiences
• Getting extremely angry while arguing over petty issues
• being physically violent when you’re angry
• threatening violence to people or their property
• an inability to control your anger