Article: What sets you off? (managing anger)

Emily is a pretty laid-back person, but yesterday she had a major tantrum over a minor happening,. At least her friend Evan thought it was minor. He was supposed to pick her up at 7 o'clock for a party, but didn't get to her house until 7:20. By then she had peeled off her nail polish, changed her shirt twice, and laid several curses upon his head. When he finally came, she would not talk to him for almost an hour.

Evan didn't realize he had hit a vulnerable spot that triggered Emily's anger. But to Emily it was so obvious, it never occurred to her that it might need explaining. When Emily was a little girl, her mother had often kept her waiting while she ...

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