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How can I control my anger long term? If you think about how to manage your anger when you're feeling calmer, you can avoid feeling overwhelmed by it in the heat of the moment. You can: learn your triggers examine your thought patterns develop your communication skills look at your lifestyle Learn your triggers Understanding what sort of situations trigger your anger means you can develop strategies to cope and think about how to react before the situation happens. You might find it helpful to keep a diary or make notes about the times you have felt angry. You could record: What were the circumstances? Did someone say or do something to trigger your anger? How did you feel? How did you behave? How did you feel afterwards? If you do this for a while, you might start to see patterns emerging. You could do this yourself using a mood diary (many are available online for free), or you could find a professional therapist to help you – see our page on  ...

This is for anyone who wants to learn how to deal with it in a constructive and healthy way. It is also for anyone with a friend or family member who has problems with anger. What is anger? Anger is a natural response to feeling attacked, deceived, frustrated or treated unfairly. Everyone gets angry sometimes – it's part of being human. It isn't always a 'bad' emotion; in fact it can sometimes be useful. For example, feeling angry about something can: help us identify problems or things that are hurting us motivate us to create change help us defend ourselves in dangerous situations by giving us a burst of energy When is anger a problem? Anger only becomes a problem when it harms you or people around you. This can happen when: you regularly express your anger through unhelpful or destructive behaviour your anger is having a negative impact on your overall mental and physical health If the way you behave when you feel angry is causing you prob...

Why do I get angry? Feelings of anger arise due to how we interpret and react to certain situations. Everyone has their own triggers for what makes them angry, but some common ones include situations in which we feel: threatened or attacked frustrated or powerless like we're being treated unfairly People can interpret situations differently, so a situation that makes you feel very angry may not make someone else feel angry at all (for example, other reactions could include annoyance, hurt or amusement). But just because we can interpret things differently, it doesn't mean that you're interpreting things 'wrong' if you get angry. How you interpret and react to a situation can depend on lots of factors in your life, including: your childhood and upbringing past experiences current circumstances Whether your anger is about something that happened in the past or something that's going on right now, thinking about how and why we interpret an...

What help is available? There are various treatments available that can help you with your anger problems. This page covers: talking treatments anger management programmes help for abusive and violent behaviour If your difficulties with anger are related to a  mental health problem  then you might find treatment for this also addresses your anger (see our  A-Z of mental health  for information on treatments and support for different diagnoses).  Talking treatments Talking treatments involve talking about your problems with a trained professional (such as a counsellor or psychotherapist) who can help you explore the causes of your anger. This can help you work through your feelings and improve your responses to situations that make you angry. There are different types of talking treatments, and some are specifically tailored to anger issues. Counselling  is usually a short-term treatment where you might talk through a specific issue –...

Overview Schizoaffective disorder is a chronic mental health condition characterized primarily by symptoms of schizophrenia, such as hallucinations or delusions, and symptoms of a mood disorder, such as mania and depression. Reading NAMI's content on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder will offer many overlapping resources for schizoaffective disorder. Because schizoaffective disorder is less well-studied than the other two conditions, many interventions are borrowed from their treatment approaches. Many people with schizoaffective disorder are often incorrectly diagnosed at first with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia because it shares symptoms of multiple mental health conditions. Schizoaffective disorder is seen in about 0.3% of the population. Men and women experience schizoaffective disorder at the same rate, but men often develop the illness at an earlier age. Schizoaffective disorder can be managed effectively with medication and therapy. Co-occurring substa...