Instructions
1. Recognize your feelings. Put into words what is making you angry and why. For example, if your mother tells you that you can not got to the party until you clean your room, understand that you are angry because you have to clean your room first, and that might cause you to be late for the party.
2. Take a deep breath and don't react for a minute to give yourself time to control your anger.
3. Consider your options. Think about the different ways you can respond to your anger and consider the consequences of the various responses. Using the same example of cleaning your room before going to the party, you might decide your options are to argue with your mother, sneak out of the house, or clean your room as quickly as possible.
4. Choose one of your options as a response to the anger. Pick the response that is most likely to have the best outcome. In this case, fighting with your mother is not going to get you to the party. Sneaking out of the house is sure to get you in trouble. So cleaning your room quickly is the only way to get to the party without bad consequences.
5. Evaluate your decision after the anger has passed. Reflect on how you handled your anger and if it led to the outcome you had hoped. Learn from any mistakes that you made and adjust your behavior in the future based on your evaluation.
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