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Anger isn't neccesarily the problem: it's how you handle it, experts say
THE ANGRY OUTBURST is never pretty.
Just think of Mel Gibson's recent telephone rants at his ex-girlfriend, recorded and distributed for the world's listening horror.
The vitriol, the cussing, the nasty name-calling. None of it has endeared him to the public — or the woman on the other end of the line.
Of course it's not just the rich and famous who lose it.
There's the barking boss, the tailgating driver and the brother-in-law who blows his top every Thanksgiving. Really, who hasn't had a moment when anger got the upper hand?
As it turns out, anger might not really be the problem, said Sally D. Stabb, professor of counselling psychology at Texas Woman's University in Denton.
"The emotion in and of itself is not something that is destructive or negative," Stabb said. "It's what I do with it. And I have lots of choices."
Unfortunately anger and clear decision- making don't always coexist.
