Understanding Anger During Bereavement

This is an excerpt from the book: Understanding Anger during Bereavement by Bob Baugher, Carol Hankins & Gary Hankins. You can order it at: www.bobbaugher.com   Components of Anger Expression One way to think of anger is in terms of the way it affects our body, mind, social life, and emotional state. Let’s look at each. The Physical Component   1.         Verbal expressions •                     Swear words •                     Substituted swear words (“shoot, dang, darn, heck, son of a gun, cripes”) •                     Labeling words (“idiot, stupid, heartless, psycho, chicken, geek, nerd”) •                     Questions (“who . . . , what . . . , […]