Certified Peer Specialist TRAINING COURSE

Anger Questionnaire To prepare for Section 10, take a few minutes to reflect on your thoughts and experiences with anger by responding to the questions below. • What does anger mean to you? Complete this sentence: Anger is…

• What did you learn about anger as a child?

• In Section 10, there will be a discussion about the anger iceberg we discussed in Section 2, a metaphor that is useful for considering anger. Most of an iceberg is hidden under the waterline. This is true for our deep emotions, too. In general, what emotions are hidden under the surface when you are angry? • In general, how do you handle your own experience of anger? Note three ways: 1. 2. 3. • In general, how to you handle others’ experience of anger?

• What might be some of the “advantages” or benefits of anger? What might be some of the “disadvantages” or detriments of anger? ADVANTAGES of anger DISADVANTAGES of anger

This exercise was adapted from the Canadian Mental Association’s “Peer Support Training Manual.”

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