CBT for Anger
Anger is built on expectations. We expect people to treat us fairly and they don’t. We expect children to respect the wishes of their elders and they don’t. We expect the government to have our needs at heart and it doesn’t. Each time there is a gap between expectation and reality, anger is more than willing to fill in that gap. Each time someone breaks a rule of ours, violates a contract, or acts against our wishes, it is as if we are receiving a formal invitation to an angst-ridden affair. We may decline. We may accept. It’s our choice.