Anger Management Test

Can you relate to any of the following?

• You've blown up at your family members... yelling at them even though they weren't the reason you were angry
• Occasionally your friends and family will even AVOID you completely because they're afraid to set you off
• You want to punch a hole in the wall, or someone else, after an argument with your spouse

If you can relate to any of the things above you know the pain it causes you when you realize how much you can hurt the people you deeply care about by losing your temper.

Managing anger is an art in itself. Expressing anger the right way is a skill. For that skill to develop we need to learn to manage our reaction to anger. You can take the anger management quiz available on this site to help you determine if you have an anger management problem.

The anger management test is designed to evaluate the manner in which you approach and handle anger inducing situations. You must answer the questions to the anger management test as truthfully as possible, and it should reflect how you've felt within the last year.

Answer the questions to the anger management test with a YES/NO answer to determine if you lack anger management skills

• I've been arrested because of lack of anger management.
• I am often irritated and cranky. I always distrust other people.
• I often argue with relatives and friends due to inappropriate anger management.
• I often feel stressed and pressured, or in a rush.
• I often feel mistreated or not respected, which angers me.
• When someone criticizes me I want to respond negatively due to my anger.
• When someone cuts you off in traffic, you scream out expletives.
• My coworkers avoid me at work because of my anger issues.
• My lack of anger management has caused me to punch someone in the face, or want to punch someone in the face.
• Thinking of the bad things people did to me in the past really angers me.
• Waiting in line, or waiting for other people, really angers me.
• I sometimes stay up at night and analyze the situations where I could have used anger management techniques.
• I find it difficult to forgive others that have mistreated me in the past
• I abuse drugs or alcohol when I'm angered.
• I am often stressed and pressured.
• I keep my feelings bottled up inside when I'm angry

If you answered YES to more than 3 questions than you might need some help dealing with anger.

Your options are

• Consult with a doctor or take a doctors sponsored anger management course, which usually cost around two hundered dollars.
• You could attend anger mangement counseling sessions, which normally cost around 50 dollars per session. They normally take about 15 sessions to be effective.

WARNING: The following videos represent acts of violence. Completion of Anger Management counseling should have been court ordered in these instances.