How to control Anger: 5 tips to help you stay calm

Anger Anger is a normal feeling and can have positive impacts on health. It is nature’s way of telling you that there are issues that you need to work on or problems you need to solve. But when this reaction becomes extreme and takes the form of physical altercations (shouting, throwing and breaking things), it can cause problems in daily life. Anger can easily become your default emotion of dealing with every life situation. This decreases your emotional range and emotional thinking. It is important that you control your anger before you do or say something that you would regret your whole life. Here are some simple techniques of controlling anger.Count down Count down: Taking some time off from your angry thoughts and counting helps in developing other thoughts and figuring out how else you can deal with that particular situation. Count to 10, this will help reduce your heart rate level.Take a slow deep breath Take a slow deep breath: Your breathing rate increases during an anger episode. Take that away and you can reduce your anger.Go for a walk Go for a walk: Rather than taking out your anger by throwing something or shouting, use that energy and go for a walk. Leaving a particular environment will give you time to reflect on other ways of dealing with the problems. Walking around alone will also make sure that you don’t say anything that can harm any other person.Slip into your calm house Slip into your calm house: If you feel like you cannot handle your anger, try going to someplace where you feel happy. Mentally visit that place. It will give you a happy thought and remove the thought that is causing this anger.Play some music Play some music: Rather than listening to the issue of trouble, listen to some music. Music will calm you down and give you time to think. Music will make you happy and make you remember other happy memories.