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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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Practising under provocation Longer Any ordinary day Clear all

Theme · Practising under provocation

What anger actually is 6 Choosing your response 6 Making it stick 4 The fear underneath anger 4 Equanimity and perspective 3 Growing empathy 3 Anger, alcohol and the body 2 The moment before you snap 2 Cool the body first 2 Practising under provocation 1 What you are actually defending 1

How long you have · Longer

A minute 4 Five minutes 22 Twenty minutes 3 Longer 1

The shape of the whole thing is simple. Find the judgement that stings, meet it, talk it through, meet it again with a different intention, talk it through, then mark that you did it.

The talking between rounds is not a break, it is where the moment turns into something you can use. Marking it at the end matters too. Saying plainly…

LongerPractising under provocationCBTQur’an 20:130