Anger is a normal human emotion and an adaptive response to threats. When out of control, anger can wreak havoc. It can adversely affect your relationships, career and even health. Which is why it’s important to control anger before it controls you.

Signs and Symptoms of Anger

• Persistent negative thinking
• Losing temper quickly and inability to calm it
• Criticizing and belittling everyone and everything
• Frequent arguments with others
• Explosive outbursts and damaging property as a response to anger
• Being thin-skinned
• Low tolerance to opposing opinions
• Physically abusing others
• Headache and increased blood pressure
• Becoming enraged over trivial things
• Racing thoughts
• Uncontrollable irritability

 

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Overview

Addiction is a brain disease that’s characterized by compulsive use of a substance (e.g. alcohol and drugs) or obsessive pursuit of an activity (e.g. sex and gambling) despite harmful consequences. It can cause serious damage to health, relationships and families.

 

Signs and Symptoms of Addiction

• Strong cravings to use a substance or perform an activity
• Inability to control the amount or frequency or use
• Increased propensity to take risk to obtain the substance or indulge in the activity
• Continued use despite health problem awareness
• Conversations dominated by alcohol, drugs, sex or gambling
• Disrupted sleep patterns
• Change in social behavior
• Relationship problems
• Denial (refusal to acknowledge the problem)
• Loss of interest in other activities
• Missing important engagements
• Missing work / low work performance

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