How To Find Calm When You’re Angry

Keeping calm when you’re angry is a lot easier said than done. When you’re feeling the rage and that boiling water bubbling angrily, it can be easy to just let go and do or say something you really regret. So here are a few ways to find calm when you’re angry.

Tell Yourself To Calm Down

The first thing to try and do is to tell yourself to calm down. When you’re in a situation where everything is making you feel even angrier, you need to start telling yourself internally to bring yourself back from that place. Whenever we’re angry, we see red, and we instantly want to lash out verbally or physically. No one in their right mind would want to intentionally cause harm, and it’s important you remind yourself of that as you tell that angry emotions to calm down. You don’t want to lose control, so don’t allow yourself to become weak. Be a messenger of peace by coaching your mind and body to relax and to think clearly.

Remove Yourself From The Situation

Anytime you feel like you’re getting angry, it’s good to try and remove yourself from the situation. It’s not always something that’s possible, but if it is, then now is the time to do it. Make any excuses you can or need to say and find a quiet space that you can spend time alone with your thoughts. Removing yourself from the toxic environment or event that’s just unfolding is the best thing you can do to help calm yourself down. And then when you’re ready to reenter, you can do, or you can revisit it another time.

Focus On Your Breathing

When it comes to breathing, we all do it to survive, of course, but when you’re angry, you get short of breath. That’s going to bring up your blood pressure, and that’s the one thing you don’t want to be doing when you’re angry. Instead, you want to be focusing on the breathing with helpful breathing techniques. This can help to bring that blood pressure down but to also help you see a little clearer. Practice these techniques and see which ones are the most beneficial for you. It might differ from one person to the next, so experiment with a variety until you find one you’re comfortable with.

Look In A Mirror

It seems like a weird thing to say, but looking in the mirror can do a lot to calm you down. When someone is angry, and we see that person’s face, it can often scare us. Looking at yourself in the mirror when you’re angry might help with calming down. Seeing yourself and how worked up you are, could be the difference between lashing out and completely seeing through that red mist of anger.

We all feel these emotions, and it’s only human for us to feel this way, but you can take control of these situations where you let a negative emotion get the best of you.