Bret Hollander

IDENTIFY

Very few people view themselves as angry. While anger can be easy to observe in others, we may think of it in our lives as frustration or stress.

ARE YOU ANGRY?

- Do you experience a physical response to conflict—tense muscles, clenched fist, glaring looks?
- Do you ever feel powerless in the face of disappointment or conflict?
- Do you find yourself lashing out in response to conflict?
- Do you catch yourself being verbally abusive?
- Do past hurts feel as painful today as when they first occurred?
- Do you feel you have a right to be angry?

DID YOU KNOW?

- One in five Americans has an anger problem.
- Couples that argue more than twenty percent of the time are unlikely to stay together.
- Each year in the United States, approximately 1.5 million people are the victims of violent crime.
- Sixty-three percent of boys and young men arrested for homicide (aged 11-20), killed men who were abusing their mothers.