Types of Anger Disorders – Pt. 1

There are many things that can trigger a person to become angry, from stress to financial issues, to family issues and more – but that doesn’t necessarily mean that you have anger management issues. If you have been ordered by a judge to take online anger management courses, you likely have trends in your behavior and emotional and physical symptoms that indicate an anger disorder. An anger disorder can be categorized in the following ways:

Chronic Anger – This type of anger is prolonged. Left untreated, chronic anger can actually damage your immune system. In addition, it can lead to a variety of other mental disorders that will affect your quality of life as a whole.

Passive Anger – This type of anger is difficult to identify because it does not always read as anger – even to the person experiencing it. The symptoms of passive anger include sarcasm, apathy, and meanness. It can also lead to self-destructive behaviors like intentionally performing poorly in social and professional settings, alienating those close to you, or skipping school and work. This type of self-sabotage can sneak up on your more quickly than you think.

Overwhelmed Anger – This type of anger is caused when the demands of work or life become too great for you to cope. The stress of not being able to meet these demands boils into anger that is difficult to control.

These are just three types of anger that you can experience when you have anger management problems. In our next post, we will discuss three additional types of anger.