The Medical Freedom Channel

“From rude drivers to anonymous hackers to co-workers that make your job harder than it should be, it seems that everyone is getting on your nerves and you’re about to lose whatever hold you have left on your temper. What to do? Learn some anger management techniques. Here are a few that might help. Simple as it may sound, you may want to start with some age-old advice. ‘When angry, count to 10 before you speak. If very angry, a hundred,’ said Thomas Jefferson. That’s still good advice, says Dan Johnston, PhD, an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral science at Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, Ga. ‘The familiar childhood admonition of “counting to 10″ before taking action works because it emphasizes the two key elements of anger management — time and distraction,’ says Johnston.” (04/21/06)