Do you need anger management?

What signs might you be giving?

Are your:

• Neck and/or face red or flushed?
• teeth bared and are you snarling?
•  fists clenched?

•  Do you have the tendency of leaning forward and invade another persons space? you may deliberately threaten a person by invading their body space.

 

• Do you show other signals of aggressive body language like:

• Facial signals

  A lot of signals come from the face from disapproving frowns and pursed lips to sneers and full snarls. The eyes can be used to stare and hold the gaze for long period. They may also squint, preventing the other person seeing where you are looking at that moment.
  

  Attack signals

  When somebody is about to attack, they give visual signal such as clenching of fists ready to strike and lowering and spreading of the body for stability. They are also likely to give anger signs such as redness of the face.  This would commonly happen before a fight.
  

  Exposing oneself

  To expose yourself is another form of aggression. It is saying 'Go on - I dare you (motivating the person to carry on). I will still win.' It can include not looking at the other person, crotch displays, relaxing the body, turning away etc.
  

• Use of power body language (Touch -"HAPTICS":
  Touching is a powerful symbol as we've seen in previous post (haptics). Touching people can be threatening, and is used by leaders to demonstrate power.
  
  The handshake is, of course, a touch, and can lead to further touching, such as the elbow grip and patting shoulders and back.
  
  If you'd like a laugh check out the movie: Anger Management