Signs of frequent angry outbursts are an alarming sign. Not just for those around you, but also for your own health. It can also point to issues causing severe stress that may need addressed if long term health is to be maintained.
Anger Management can help others see the signs of anger. Please also review AIHCP’s Anger Management Certification
The article, “Why your anger could be concerning; signs you need help” from the TimesofIndia looks closer at the dangers of frequent anger and how to find help. The article states,
“Anger is an emotion. It is a way for you to express your displeasure, a form of resistance and also a means of survival. However, when your anger becomes rage and takes the form of aggression, it could do more damage than you can imagine. Being unable to control it could add to your woes, making every aspect of your life seem like a challenge.”
Please also review AIHCP’s Anger Management Certification and see if it meets your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification in Anger Management.
In counseling there are many ways to help individuals find conflict resolution. Conflict resolution is key to helping groups come together and find solutions.
Please also review AIHCP’s Christian Counseling Training and see if it meets your academic and professional needs. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification
There are many misconceptions about grief. Grief myths distort how people grieve and what to expect when individuals grieve
Please also review AIHCP’s Grief Counseling Certification and see if it meets your academic and professional needs. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals.
Prayer and meditation are important to Christian spirituality. A private and public prayer life is critical to strengthened the spirituality of the soul and feeding it the necessary grace it needs to suffice.
Please also review AIHCP’s Christian Counseling Program and see if it meets your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals.
With stress or grief, it is important to be able to bounce back. Individuals who have trouble coping with grief or stress have a hard time in life. Resiliency is the term referred to an individual’s ability to recover from stress and grief. Oscillation refers to the ups and downs of early grief. It also plays a role in how one recovers. The less steep peaks and valleys, the better the stabilization from the loss but this can take time and cannot be rushed
Please also review AIHCP’s Grief Counseling Program and see if it meets your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification as a grief counselor.
Reducing risk to the patient and improving care is essential for any healthcare organization. Providing the best care with the best risk management not only helps the patient but also protects the institution from future liabilities and helps the institution provide its mission to provide the best care. It is because of this that risk management is an essential study and need within any organization.
It is important to manage risk in any healthcare setting. Please also review AIHCP’s Healthcare Case Management Program
The article, “Why Healthcare Risk Management Is Important” by Caitlyn Cooley looks closer at the importance of risk management. She states,
“Medical liability and reducing an organization’s risk against unseen threats has changed exceptionally since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. We have seen new treatment centers, vaccines, and mass staffing problems across the United States. Risk management strategy “has traditionally focused on the important role of patient safety and the reduction of medical errors that jeopardize an organization’s ability to achieve its mission and protect against financial liability”, according to NEJM Catalyst. Unfortunately, these traditional risk mitigation techniques are not enough to combat cyberattacks on medical infrastructure.”
Please also review AIHCP’s Healthcare Case Management Program and see if it matches your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a career in Case Management.
Anger when misused and not controlled can be a dangerous emotion for oneself and all involved. It is critical to utilize various Anger Management techniques to control one’s anger. Learning various Anger Management techniques can help one regain control of one’s life.
Controlling anger is important to a peaceful life. Please also review AIHCP’s Anger Management Certification
The article, “Are You Angry?” by Steve Alexander looks at some Anger Management techniques to regain control of one’s life. The article states,
“I work with a lot of people who suffer from unhealthy anger. It resonates with me because I struggled with anger until I was a young adult. This anger often manifested in outward aggression such as punching walls and other destructive behavior. I had been referred to as a “ticking time bomb” by a family member. I started to accept anger as part of my temperament, which only exacerbated my plight.”
Please also review AIHCP’s Anger Management Consulting Certification and see if it meets your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification in Anger Management
ADHD can push one to constantly be on the move and never settled. Perfectionism and OCD hence naturally coincide with this disorder. Some individuals may exhibit extreme cases of perfectionism in what they do.
ADHD can push some to perfectionism. Please also review AIHCP’s ADHD Consulting Certification
The article, “How to Cope with ADHD and Perfectionism” by Sharon Sallne looks at how self criticism can be controlled with those facing perfectionism and ADHD. She states,
“Do you set unrealistic goals for yourself, fret about disappointing others, and compare yourself negatively to those around you? If so, you are probably like many other people with ADHD who struggle with perfectionism.”
For those who struggle with ADHD, this article may give some coping strategies and aids in dealing with perfectionism
Please also review AIHCP’s ADHD Consulting Certification and see if it meets your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification in ADHD Consulting.
Surprisingly despite the efforts of Grief Counseling to help individuals restore balance, meaning, and biological, mental and social functioning to life, sadness and even depression has deeper evolutionary and adaptive values. Depression itself is obviously a pathology and sadness or grief is not. Sadness though has many benefits, and even in some cases, depression served its purpose for humanity’s ancient ancestors.
Like anger or other emotions that respond to stress to help activate the fight or flight response, sadness also has purposes in helping the body recover as well as helping the body survive the change process of loss. In addition, sadness has multiple social benefits. So while, everyone wishes to be happy, sadness is a natural result to change and an important one. Grief Counselors can help individuals again find osmosis in life, but the temporary stints of sadness that human beings experience are crucial to human existence. These emotions cannot be dismissed as inherently evil but as necessary emotions in a world that is far from perfect. The emotions of sadness such should be accepted but monitored properly so they promote the self healing necessary instead of the long term damage of these emotions found in depression or even prolonged grief itself
Sadness, and in some cases depression, served to humanity’s ancient ancestors as something that could increase the change of survival. Withdraw, lack of energy and lost of interest in activities could keep ancient individuals safe from harm and danger in a prehistoric world. While processing grief and loss, the individual would be more prone to stay in a safer place, isolated from the dangers of a savage world. While these symptoms today are far less desirable in the modern world, they still serve a temporary function to allow the body to heal from the distress. With immune systems lowered, staying home and feeling the grief may be the best answer.
Sadness also affects the mind and emotions in a variety of ways due to various changes in brain chemistry. Individuals who are sad tend to have sharper memories than when happy. A negative mood tends to improve attention to detail as opposed to a happier mood which can become less focused on details due to the euphoric state. Believe it or not, negative emotions can also increase motivation. When one thinks of sadness, individuals think of unmotivated individuals but this is only initially. When bad things happen, the mind can also become more motivated to fix situations and make them better. There is a motivation to leave the unpleasant state.
Sadness has important evolutionary factors for survival. Please also review AIHCP’s Grief Counseling Training Program
Socially, sadness also plays a key role. Through tears or behaviors of withdraw, it communicates the need for communal help. The function of sadness communicates to family and friends that something is wrong with an individual. Honest Signaling Theory emphasizes that sadness communicates sadness to others within the society. The sign of sadness not only is negative to the sufferer, but also to the family or community. Bargaining Theory looks at the damage to the society as a whole when someone cannot operate a certain level. This was true in prehistoric times especially but is also true in the modern world, when a particular family member plays a crucial role to the family’s survival.
In prehistoric times, sadness also could play a role in hierarchal social structure. If one felt more negative about life, it would induce compliance to the more assertive individuals. This in turn could protect the totality of the clan or group in allowing the mentally stronger to lead hence promoting survival of the whole. This is referred to as Rank Theory. Forming cooperative bonds with others to reduce risk of exclusion from social relationships places a key role here and is emphasized more in Social Risk Hypothesis. Again, in the prehistoric world, this was vital to survival but in the modern world, plays a detrimental role.
Biologically, the body when it responds to pain withdraws from the pain. The nerves signal to the brain that something is not right or bad. Likewise, mental anguish also notifies the mind that something is not right. A loss of family is detrimental to the structure and existence of all involved. This type of pain hence creates a natural withdraw from the painful stimuli. The withdraw can allow the mind time to heal and focus on the issue. This hypothesis is known as the Psychic Pain Hypothesis. Of course, only short term withdraw and avoidance is healthy and any long term examples of this can be detrimental.
Another similar theory is the Behavioral Shutdown Model, which emphasis of risk and reward. Again, during initial sadness, the risk of activity is higher than the reward, which mentally and emotionally pushes one to avoid. The body itself becomes more tired due to grief and stress and again this is a self defense mechanism, but only in normal amounts, as opposed to depression and prolonged grief. Overtime, a learned helplessness can result in which when an animal is placed in a situation outside its control, it adopts a helplessness. Prehistoric humans through helplessness could find the time and duration to rest to avoid danger, but in today’s modern world, any type of prolonged helplessness can be detrimental.
Another hypothesis is Analytical Rumination. When grief strikes, an individual’s brain is more focused. It focuses on the loss, the memories and the incidents surrounding the loss. When in a negative emotion, it is important to focus on the problem and find ways to make it better. This type of motivation to correct a wrong coincides with sadness. However, if in excess, this type of continued obsessive thinking and worrying can be a potential onset to depression.
Regardless of theories above, it is obvious sadness plays a function in life and a positive one if in the right doses. While Grief Counselors look to help an individual navigate sadness, they do not seek to remove it because it is crucial in the adaptation to the loss. It must play its role for a healthy outcome.
Please also review AIHCP’s Grief Counseling Training Program and see if it meets your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification in Grief Counseling.
Grief can be very transformative in life. Unfortunately, it can be a very painful transformation as well. As part of life, it is something all must endure and learn to allow the changes to help us move forward in life while still cherishing the past.
Please also review AIHCP’s Grief Counseling Courses. The courses lead to a four year certification in Grief Counseling. Those in ministry, counseling, social work, mental health, or healthcare can enter into the program and earn the four year certification.
