Symptoms of Aggressive Anger

The symptoms of aggressive anger are:

Bullying

Bullying, such as threatening people directly, persecuting, insulting, pushing or shoving, using power to oppress, shouting, driving someone off the road, playing on people’s weaknesses.

Destruction

Destruction, such as destroying objects as in vandalism, harming animals, child abuse, destroying a relationship, reckless driving, substance abuse.

Grandiosity

Grandiosity, such as showing off, expressing mistrust, not delegating, being a sore loser, wanting center stage all the time, not listening, talking over people’s heads, expecting kiss and make-up sessions to solve problems.

Hurtfulness

Hurtfulness, such as violence, including sexual abuse and rape, verbal abuse, biased or vulgar jokes, breaking confidence, using foul language, ignoring people’s feelings, willfully discriminating, blaming, punishing people for unwarranted deeds, labeling others.

Risk-Taking Behavior

Risk-taking behavior, such as speaking too fast, walking too fast, driving too fast, reckless spending.

Selfishness

Selfishness, such as ignoring others’ needs, not responding to requests for help, queue jumping.

Threats

Threats, such as frightening people by saying how one could harm them, their property or their prospects, finger pointing, fist shaking, wearing clothes or symbols associated with violent behavior, tailgating, excessively blowing a car horn, slamming doors.

Unjust Blaming

Unjust blaming, such as accusing other people for one’s own mistakes, blaming people for person’s own feelings, making general accusations.

Unpredictability

Unpredictability, such as explosive rages over minor frustrations, attacking indiscriminately, dispensing unjust punishment, inflicting harm on others for the sake of it,[21] illogical arguments.

Vengeance

Vengeance, such as being over-punitive. This differs from retributive justice, as vengeance is personal, and possibly unlimited in scale.

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