This is an an inspiration from my childhood. I couldn’t think of a better way to do this than to write about how I dealt with my anger issues directly.
Many years gone already and can’t remember the last time my anger triggered me to react violently or negatively. And no I didn’t need to go for any anger management classes neither did I need to seek help from any professional.. I had to fight this one myself, it was never an easy battle but with devotion and prayer I managed to overcome my temper.
Taking you all back to an incident in high school, I was never a bully but when triggered I could hardly control whatever happens after, I had a bit of scuffle with a female and I didn’t want to react at first but one way or another I was triggered when she slapped me and stepped on my ego by challenging me to touch her if I was really a man. Man I lost my cool, I didn’t realize it until I actually had her lying on the floor from several hits on her face inflicted by me. I’m not proud of this neither did I derive pleasure from this. But like I said when triggered I had no control of the outcome. That was actually the last time I got involved in a physical brawl with anyone not even a male.
Immediately after that incident I decided to work on how to control my anger, this was not easy and I discovered that when you’re constantly happy and you find joy in every little thing you do, there will always be ways to resist the temptation of being triggered to react.
I had to develop my sense of humor and learned how to react positively to compliments, jokes and even insults. That way I don’t get triggered needlessly.
It really wasn’t an easy task. But it’s been 12 years now and I haven’t had any anger issues since then.. one funny thing is I find a way to make a triggering situation amusing and that has been the way I combat it. My sense of humor is so hyper that it has found a ways to rub off my anger phases.
The point of this article is rather than waiting for therapeutic classes or seeing professionals to deal with your temper you can work on yourself from within.
Not to take away the fact that in some cases consulting professionals is compulsory or attending anger management classes are very necessary. Hence this article is about how I fought my anger issues. Yours could be different but I feel when you find something that brings you happiness and you center your every thought about it when it seems like you’re at that anger phase you would be able to avoid the temperamental fire.
Hope you enjoyed this. Looking forward to your responses after reading. God bless.