Anger becomes a problem when it begins to affect a person’s daily life and causes them to react in ways that might hurt themselves and/or others around them. Signs that anger might be a problem include: feeling angry a lot of the time at an intense and overwhelming level, behaving aggressively (verbally, physically, passive aggression), having trouble expressing anger, feeling sad and distressed as a result of getting angry, using alcohol and other drugs to manage anger, feeling the need to use aggression to get people to do something, withdrawing from people or situations, bottling things up rather than coping with them, regretting the things you did or said when you were angry, expressing anger by saying or doing something aggressive or violent (e.g., shouting, swearing, throwing or hitting things).