Chapter 8 Q2

When it comes to expressing my anger toward or to other people, it depends on who I am talking to about how I express it. I am not a person that is very good at conflict at all so I don't think that I know how to control it very well. When it comes to people I don't know or my family I am very afraid to express my anger. Towards people I don't know I don't like to express my anger very much because I don't know how they are going to react towards it. I don't know if they are going to get more upset or not take me seriously. Around my family I don't like to express my anger because I don't like to disappoint them or be disrespectful. I will usually just hold it in and let the anger build up. On the other hand when it comes to being angry at my boyfriend, I blow up. I don't know why it is that he is the other person that I can blow up on when I am angry, but that's just the way it is. I am working on trying to express my anger in a calm way but it takes time to change. 

When I don't express my anger towards my family I feel like sometimes they just don't understand what is going on. I know that this is not beneficial for my feelings but I really really really don't like to disappoint them. When it comes to expressing my anger to my boyfriend that creates an even bigger issue. I don't necessarily get my point across when I blow up so it turns into something bigger than what it actually needs to be. Hopefully by learning all these skills in this class I can become a better communicator of my anger.