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Anger: Psychological Reasons Why It Rises and How to Reduce It
Anger is a common emotion with related behavior. For example, angry individuals may experience elevated heart rate and blood pressure, increased body temperature, sweat, furrow their brow, clench their jaw, tremble, get a headache, feel dizzy, have muscle tension, chest tightening, rapid shallow breathing, yell, swear, intimidate, be impatient, have their voice crack, throw things, break objects, slam doors, physically hurt themselves or others, be immune to logic or calming, among other expressions.
People can be puzzled why anger rises and remains for themselves or others. As it can erupt quickly, be disruptive and upsetting, as well as seemingly animalistic, counterproductive, baseless, unpredictable, illogical, random, and uncontrollable, it’s often viewed as an innate reflex or unstoppable natural result of some cause, such as a chemical imbalance, brain injury, physiological issues, or genetics. Identifying angry relatives also supports the belief heritable or innate factors cause anger, as do phrases such as, “I’m hardwired this way,� “I’ve got my father’s anger,� or “It’s my nature.�
While psychiatric reasons for anger exist, complete understanding, assessment, and treatment also require knowing psychological factors, such as individual choice, people’s personality, their idiosyncratic collection of rules, goals, and information they use to define reality and survive and thrive, can be related to anger. For instance, as individuals can get angry after failing, experiencing an injustice, getting stuck in traffic, being ridiculed, rejected, abandoned, or experiencing social discord. While people may view this as additional causes of anger, there’s much more to know.
For example, social elements can account for when, why, how, and with whom anger rises and recedes, and reveals people’s mindset and goals. Often, people use symptoms including anger to achieve good and healthy outcomes, say to defend themselves or others, or to motivate themselves.
This book provides a comprehensive, encouraging, effective, and empowering understanding of anger. It investigates, identifies, and explains three psychological reasons why anger erupts, its various forms, factors that maintain it, its purposefulness, how to avoid getting or remaining angry, as well as how to handle other people’s anger.
This is a theoretical approach to understanding certain forms of anger. This book is not about physical abuse, child abuse, intimate partner violence, domestic violence, sexual abuse, or any situations or conditions that involve injury or death. This is not a self-help book, nor is it to be used for diagnosis. This book is not a substitute for therapy.
People can be puzzled why anger rises and remains for themselves or others. As it can erupt quickly, be disruptive and upsetting, as well as seemingly animalistic, counterproductive, baseless, unpredictable, illogical, random, and uncontrollable, it’s often viewed as an innate reflex or unstoppable natural result of some cause, such as a chemical imbalance, brain injury, physiological issues, or genetics. Identifying angry relatives also supports the belief heritable or innate factors cause anger, as do phrases such as, “I’m hardwired this way,� “I’ve got my father’s anger,� or “It’s my nature.�
While psychiatric reasons for anger exist, complete understanding, assessment, and treatment also require knowing psychological factors, such as individual choice, people’s personality, their idiosyncratic collection of rules, goals, and information they use to define reality and survive and thrive, can be related to anger. For instance, as individuals can get angry after failing, experiencing an injustice, getting stuck in traffic, being ridiculed, rejected, abandoned, or experiencing social discord. While people may view this as additional causes of anger, there’s much more to know.
For example, social elements can account for when, why, how, and with whom anger rises and recedes, and reveals people’s mindset and goals. Often, people use symptoms including anger to achieve good and healthy outcomes, say to defend themselves or others, or to motivate themselves.
This book provides a comprehensive, encouraging, effective, and empowering understanding of anger. It investigates, identifies, and explains three psychological reasons why anger erupts, its various forms, factors that maintain it, its purposefulness, how to avoid getting or remaining angry, as well as how to handle other people’s anger.
This is a theoretical approach to understanding certain forms of anger. This book is not about physical abuse, child abuse, intimate partner violence, domestic violence, sexual abuse, or any situations or conditions that involve injury or death. This is not a self-help book, nor is it to be used for diagnosis. This book is not a substitute for therapy.
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274 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 2, 2024
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About the author
Roger Di Pietro
11Ìýbooks177ÌýfollowersDr. Roger Di Pietro, Psy.D. is clinical psychologist in private practice who has authored Early Recollections: Interpretative Method and Application (with Dr. Harold H. Mosak), The Depression Code: Deciphering the Purposes of Neurotic Depression, The Anxiety Code: Deciphering the Purposes of Neurotic Anxiety, the Decoding Persistent Depression book series, and Anger: Psychological Reasons Why It Rises and How to Reduce it.
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August 19, 2024
"Anger: Psychological Reasons Why It Rises and How to Reduce It" by Roger Di Pietro is an insightful and practical guide to understanding and managing one of our most powerful emotions. Di Pietro expertly breaks down the psychological triggers of anger, offering readers a clear and compassionate exploration of its roots. With actionable strategies and real-world examples, this book empowers you to take control of your emotions and find healthier ways to cope. It's an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to improve their emotional well-being and build more harmonious relationships. A must-read for personal growth and self-improvement.
October 22, 2024
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We all deal with anger. Either it is ourself or someone we know. This book is a very compelling way of explaining thoughts of this emotion. I really love the theories of how to deal with and understand anger. I love the real life anger that he talks about, makes it much more relatable. A must read for everyone to have some self improvement and self growth. A must read for everyone!
We all deal with anger. Either it is ourself or someone we know. This book is a very compelling way of explaining thoughts of this emotion. I really love the theories of how to deal with and understand anger. I love the real life anger that he talks about, makes it much more relatable. A must read for everyone to have some self improvement and self growth. A must read for everyone!
February 2, 2025
While there were many interesting and worthwhile points in this book - which is quite clinical in tone - the writing was often hard to follow. A basic lack of punctuation rendered many sentences confused as to meaning, which detracted from what is otherwise an interesting and potentially useful reference book on anger, and its many manifestations.
September 21, 2024
As someone who constantly has to deal with anger whether mine or someone else’s, this book couldn’t come in more handy. This book is exactly what I need and everything I want to know. I am really happy I came across this book. Highly recommend!
March 5, 2025
Very interesting
I wasn’t expecting this to be quite so clinical. I thought it would be more of a self-help type book. It was very interesting to read, but certainly not an easy read.
I wasn’t expecting this to be quite so clinical. I thought it would be more of a self-help type book. It was very interesting to read, but certainly not an easy read.
August 19, 2024
Very interesting thoughts on the emotion of anger. It offered sound theories on lessening the anger in our lives. A helpful book to read.
November 20, 2024
Such an informing and interesting book!
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