Gaines Brian McMahon Student Life Counseling Resources Anger Management Anger is a natural emotion that we all experience at different times and with different intensities. Anger is not good or bad, it just is. Anger can energize us to accomplish goals. Anger can allow us to face threat. Anger tells us that we need to deal with personal issues.
Anger can get someone's attention.
Anger makes us more alert. If there are times when I make things worse, then I may need to consider new ways to manage my anger. Most of the time anger is the emotion that actually is covering up another more manageable emotion. When you can identify the underlying feeling and express it, you can better manage anger. I need to be right.