Question

Choose ONE of the following topics and develop 5-paragraph essay of at least 750 words:

What are the causes/effects of anger management problems?

What are the causes/effects of overuse of social media?

What are the causes/effects of pollution?

1. BONUS 5%: Do a brainstorming activity by listing or mapping.

2. BONUS 5%: Create an outline of your essay as done in the BBB sessions

Answer 1

Causes/ effects of Anger Management-

Anger Management is managing or controlling which requires the individual to channelize their thoughts in opposite direction. Anger is one of the strongest emotions among the rest 6 emotions in human beings. Anger is not just an emotion but a feeling. Anger is the result of an event/ consequence. Anger is the trigger button that turns on when an unexpected behaviour happen.

Causes/ effects:

- Because of a trigger factor. Eg - My father started shouting at me when he saw me wasting time on talking to a friend on phone instead of preparing for exams. Now this angry behaviour was because of the fight that happen few days back on the dinner table and dad was not able to come to a conclusion. And so his anger was suppressed deep down in his system.

- Anger is mostly situational in nature. There is always a reason behind an angry reaction. Example - a road accident lead to a verbal fight between the two drivers.

- Anger can be due to a sudden loss of a family member. And it's effects are emotional, psychological and even physiological in some cases.

- Anger can root out from psychological issues as well. For eg - In cases of schizophrenia or psychosis , there is a tendency of the individual to harm himself or others. Because they hear voices or see images that direct them to self - harming behaviors.

- Anger is found to be released due to social issues like inequality for your rights, injustice in a court case, socially unacceptable behaviours like eve teasing, snatching, robbing or killing someone to death.

Anger is considered a negative emotion because it has negative outcome attached. But it is also true, that one should vent out their repressed emotions and feelings. As it is dangerous to hide aggressive feelings. It is recommended to talk and share or manage your anger in the best possible way for you . Go for a run or exercise, write it down on a piece of paper, or talk to the person who could help you come out positively.