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Worksheet Sheet Anger and irritability

What Set It Off, What It Was About

Tell apart the small thing that set you off from the bigger thing underneath.

Purpose: Tell apart the small thing that set you off from the bigger thing underneath.

When to use: Use this when your reaction felt much bigger than the thing that caused it.

Worksheet prompts

  1. Line them up side by side.
  2. If the second column is true, what has been building up lately?
    Weeks or months, not minutes.
  3. Who or what actually needs your attention here?

Naming the real thing does not fix it, but it stops you fighting the wrong battle.