Model Answer:

Anger is an emotion which varies in intensity ranging from anger to rage. Every person has different kind of response to situations which he does not like. Anger comes naturally to all of us. What is important is to use that anger in constructive way.

The following points give an idea of how can anger be managed and used constructively:

Have a better understanding of the person with whom you had the angry exchange:

• Feel better about that other person.
• Feel closer to resolving issues between you and the other person.
• Realize that things were never as bad as you initially thought they were when you first became angry.
• Feel that both parties came away feeling like something good happened.
• Have less conflict in the future.
• On the other hand, if one chooses to use anger destructively, he should expect the opposite outcomes — more conflict in the future, more tension between him and the other person, and so on.
• Try not to avoid confrontation.
• Avoid assigning blame.
• Stay cool.
• Be ready to make compromise.
• Try to see things from the other person’s perspective.
• Through appropriate anger management techniques, one can use his anger as a motivator to make positive changes around him. Constructive anger involves these two things:
• Deciding where you want your anger to take you.
• Arriving at that destination through a step-by-step process.