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Exercise 08 ANGER ASSESSMENT

1.  I don’t show my anger about everything that makes me mad, but when I do-look out.

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

 

2.  I still get angry when I think of the bad things people did to me in the past.

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

 

3.  Waiting in line, or waiting for other people, really annoys me.

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

 

4.  I fly off the handle easily.

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

 

5.  I often find myself having heated arguments with the people who are closest to me.

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

 

6.  I sometimes lie awake at night and think about the things that upset me during the day.

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

 

7.  When someone says or does something that upsets me, I don’t usually say anything at the

 

time, but later spend a lot of time thinking up cutting replies I coil and should have made.

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

 

8.  I find it very hard to forgive someone who has done me wrong.

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

 

9.  I get angry with myself when I lose control of my emotions.

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

 

10. People really irritate me when they don’t behave the way they should, or when they act like

 

they don’t have the good sense of a head of lettuce.

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

 

11.If I get really upset about something, I have a tendency to feel sick later, either with a weak

 

spell, headache, upset stomach or diarrhea.

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

 

12.People I’ve trusted have often let me down, leaving me feeling angry or betrayed.

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

 

13.When things don’t go my way I get depressed.

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

 

14.I am apt to take frustration so badly that I cannot put it out of my mind.

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

 

15.I’ve been so angry at times I couldn’t remember things I said or did.

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

 

16.After arguing with someone, I hate myself.

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

 

17.I’ve had trouble on the job because of my temper

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

 

18.When riled up, I often blurt out things I later regret saying.

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

 

19.Some people are afraid of my bad temper.

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

 

 

20. When I get angry, frustrated or hurt, I comfort myself by eating or using alcohol or other drugs.

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

 

21.When someone hurts or frustrates me, I want to get even.

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

 

22.I’ve gotten so angry at times that I’ve become physically violent, hitting other people or

 

breaking things

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

 

23.At times, I’ve felt angry enough to kill.

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

 

24.At times, I’ve felt so hurt and alone I feel like committing suicide.

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

 

25.I’m a really angry person, and I know I need help learning to control my temper and angry

 

feelings because it has already caused me a lot of problems.

 

__TRUE     __FALSE

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