This article is part of a series that will help you get a better understanding of anger management.
Anger Management Games
Everybody has lots of emotions. Anger is one of them. It may be just be irritation or annoyance or it make become a physical rage. It is perfectly fine if you are angry. But anger must be expressed in the right way. Otherwise it will affect your relations with family and with colleagues at workplace and ultimately affects the quality of your life. Some people want to control everything happening in their life and when things go against them they can't control their anger.
To learn to control your anger, you can attend an anger management course. In anger management courses, Anger management games are often used as a tool to show the other ways of dealing with feelings of anger. The objective of these games is is to help you realize that you cannot control everything in your life and you must learn how to deal with things that seem out of control, rather than giving in to anger and frustration.
For example, the game 'Luck of the Dice Roll' game may be played with 3-15 people. Everybody will get prizes according the dice played. Some people in the group may get 3-4 prizes as per the dice and some may not get anything. The counselor running the anger management course observes the pattern of behavior of everybody. Afterwards a discussion takes place between the people playing the game about how they reacted towards the distribution of the game prizes between the players. The way in which everybody handled the feeling of angriness towards this example of an uncontrollable situation is also discussed.
Anger Management Games like this enable people to understand how they reacted quickly in the unfavorable situation. The Anger Management Counselors praise the players who reacted positively towards their feelings of anger and set an example in front of others.
Another example is the Board game challenge. This type of game seeks to show how the players can display good sportsmanship towards teammates and opponents in a competitive situation. Any board game can be used that involves played with money. At the end of the game, the player or team with the most money will win. Money brings competitive spirit in the game. Afterwards there will be a discussion about the feelings of each of the participants. How did they feel if they have lost, why did they want to win, are they angry when playing the game? If they did experience feelings of anger, how they have handled it? How do they feel about the competition between players or teams - is it bad or goo? If money had not been introduced, do they have same desire to win?
This discussion encourages the open minded acceptance of our reactions to situations beyond our control and shows ways to avoid responding by angry outbursts by some positive example from other players. Anger management games create a healthy atmosphere between all participants. Everybody is ready to accept the solutions. This experience teaches you to change and the results are very good.
I hope this article provided you with the information and understanding you were looking for.
Brian Waybridge, the author of this article, learnt how to come to terms with his own anger and now enjoys positive relationships with his family, friends and colleagues.