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Anger management, coping skills is a second-best strategy of overcoming emotions of bitterness, resentment, hate, rage, and violence, which are progressions to irritations, frustrations, hostility, injustice, cynicism, aggression, and impatience. Anger begins after a real or perceived offense.
It is common for people to believe that they don’t hold anger. Many internalize their emotions, and the emotions may manifest physically rather than emotionally. It can be like the tip of an iceberg with the majority below the surface. Irritation or frustration may be on the surface while the real issue is anger and bitterness. “I don’t understand why this is occurring” may be the tip off words that one is angry at God, which is a barrier to answered prayer.
A Duke University study found that people with high hostility were seven times more likely to die before the age of 50. Hostility has also been shown to pose a greater risk for heart disease than smoking.
Many times the foundations of bitterness, anger, rage, hot temper, and violence can start in the earliest years of life due to real or perceived offenses. Anger leads to rebellious and anti-social behavior, which results in rejection stemming from bad behavior, adding more anger from being rejected. Resentment, hate, rage, and violence are levels of anger that lead to crimes against others. The initial source of anger buried deep within may have nothing to do with those on the receiving end.
Forgiveness is God’s answer to anger, but that can be difficult, especially when some of the anger is directed toward blaming God. Anger is a huge contributor to stress, which leads to many diseases. Our ministry leads people through these difficult areas. Our Phone Ministry page details how you can obtain help. Take the benefit test now.
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