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Anger

Almost nobody wants to be the person who says the thing they cannot take back. The window between the surge and the words is short and it can be widened. That is most of what this area is about, along with the fear or hurt that anger is usually protecting.

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Choosing your response CBT Under stress Clear all

Theme · Choosing your response

Practising under provocation 8 Choosing your response 1 Growing empathy 1

Approach · CBT

Core 14 Mindfulness 9 Gottman 4 CBT 1

When · Under stress

After a row 4 Any ordinary day 2 Under stress 1

When somebody's voice climbs, let yours stay where it is. Staying level is not backing down, and in the room it usually reads as the stronger position.

Slow breathing, standing still, looking interested rather than braced: none of that is passive and none of it is agreement. An argument escalates…

A minuteChoosing your responseCBTQur’an 25:63