A personal anger log is a diary of anger reactions including symptoms, triggers and coping styles. It is a way of increasing awareness of anger patterns unique to the individual.
With awareness, one can better identify ways to prevent and cope with anger when it comes. Keeping a personal anger log is also a good way to blow off steam. You may treat is as a diary.
The Anger Log is an indispensable tool for awareness of anger feelings and responses, self-observation, and monitoring your progress. Use the Anger Log to record situations when you feel angry each day.
The practice of using the Anger Log is a starting point for learning how to apply effective anger management skills, concepts and techniques.
More often than not, anger reactions appear in patterns. This means that there is a predictable structure that the anger reactions follow. This pattern is unique to each individual.
Unfortunately, it is difficult to notice this pattern unless you take that third person point of view and study your anger reactions from a distance. Here is where keeping a personal anger log would help.