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If you have arrived at this page after the anger questions, you might think that all is well in the anger and relationships department.
But, this might not necessarily be the case. Some people get low scores because they are either hiding their angry feelings, or not allowing themselves to even feel angry. They might have low self-esteem and think that they don’t have the right to get angry, or they might be afraid to show their true feelings and stand up for themselves.

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Decide if the following statements are true or false:

If something makes me really angry I tend to tell my friends about it*
People around me probably don’t know when I am angry*
When I am angry, I am likely to Facebook/email/text about the incident*
Telling other people about what has got me angry makes me feel a bit better*
If I am angry, I tend to keep it to myself*
I tend to shout and scream when I am angry*
Other people know when I am angry*
Being angry often leads to me feeling depressed*
I don’t see any point in shouting the odds when I am angry*
When I am angry I tend to withdraw into myself*
I quite often write letters when I am angry*
I like to think of myself as someone who stays calm even when provoked*
If someone makes me angry it can take me days before I tell them*

How to score:  The higher  your score (ie nearer to 13) the  more of an expresser (ie you show people  when  you  are  angry)  you  are, whilst  the  lower  the score,  the  more  likely  it  is  you  are  a  suppressor (ie you hide your anger).

If you find you are a ‘suppressor’ this might be because you don’t feel that you have the right to feel angry.

However, anger can be a problem for other reasons too and these include:

 

Not getting angry enough

Not feeling able to express anger

Not knowing when we are entitled to feel anger

These are likely to be an issue for you if you agree with the more than four of the following  statements:

  • I am very laid back and rarely get angry
  • Nothing really gets me angry
  • I don’t get angry because I never really feel that there is anything worth getting angry  over
  • People tend not to treat me unfairly
  • Life is pretty fair really
  • If I am treated badly I just shrug it off
  • Getting angry doesn’t win you friends
  • No one likes a Mr or Ms Angry
  • My ‘rights’ aren’t really that important to me
  • I am never really sure if I ought to be angry
  • I usually look to other people to see if something is worth getting angry over
  • If I feel angry I ask my partner if they think it is worth getting angry over
  • I am afraid of the consequences of getting angry
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