…Restrain your immediate response [to anger]…. Restraining our response is not the same as storing our anger. It is refusing to take the action that we typically take when feeling angry…. Did your mother give you this commonsense advice, “When you are angry, count to ten before you do or say anything”. It is good advice, but many of us may need to count to 100 or even 1,000. This long delay may quell the fire within. Many have found this to be a workable technique in helping them restrain their response.
Anger: Handling a Powerful Emotion in a Healthy Way by Gary D. Chapman, 2007.
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