I’m planning to offer a class for those who need help and support dealing with anger. Sometimes just recognizing that anger is a problem can help men, and the women who love them. If you’re a man taking the quiz ask yourself, “Is anger a problem in my relationship and in my life?” If you’re a woman taking the quiz ask yourself, “Is male anger a problem in my relationship and in my life? If we’re honest, most people know whether anger is a problem in our relationship. The higher your total, the higher your anger level. I’ve been so angry at times that I’ve hurt someone in a physical fight.įor questions 1–15, each “true” scores 1 point for question 16 “false” scores 1 point.I have become so angry with someone that I have felt as if I would explode.I have gotten angry and broken furniture or dishes when I was drinking.Sometimes I get so angry and upset, I don’t know what comes over me.It makes me angry to have people hurry me. ![]() I am often sorry because I am so irritable and grouchy. ![]() I have at times had to be rough with people who were rude or annoying.I am often annoyed when someone tries to get ahead of me in a line.At times I feel like picking a fistfight with someone.I often can’t understand why I’ve been so irritable and grouchy.Here’s a questionnaire used by Harvard University researchers in assessing anger in men. We often aren’t aware of the extent of our anger. Irritable Male Syndrome (IMS) can occur at any age, but is most prevalent in young men and in men over 40. We live at time where male irritability, anger, rage, and violence have become increasingly acceptable in movies, media, and our lives. But we are seeing a level of male hostility that is causing problems for the man, his family, the community, and the world at large. We also react to frustration, criticism, and threat, whether justified or not. We are all human and we all respond to unfair treatment and other injustices. I was a nice guy and I am a good man, but I also have a lot of anger.Īre you a man with a short fuse? Do you try and keep your anger covered, but feel like you’re about to explode? Do people who care about you feel you get angry a lot? Are you a woman living with an angry man? Do you get triggered by his anger? Do you fight back or close down? Does anger cause problems in your relationship? If you answered yes to any of these questions, read on.Įveryone gets angry at times and men are no exception. But those who know me the best, including my wife Carlin, know the truth. ![]() ![]() Well anyone who doesn’t know me very well and accepts the façade I grew up wearing. Mean: Saving Your Relationship from The Irritable Male Syndrome, and my latest book coming out in June, 2018, My Distant Dad: Healing the Family Father Wound.įor years I insisted I wasn’t angry. Here are three of the fifteen I’ve written and speak out about dealing with anger: The Irritable Male Syndrome: Understanding and Managing the 4 Key Causes of Depression and Aggression, Mr. You can learn a lot about me by reading the books I write to make sense of my own life and to help others. Someone said we teach what we want to learn.
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