Anger After an affair
ivillage.com
Continued from above... When he even says her name I want to hit him. How do I ever trust him again? How do I believe him when he tells me "I love you," after knowing he told someone else (and me) the exact same thing during a time that was filled with lies, cheating and deception? And what percentage of men cheat a second time?
-- Angela Peggy Elam A past president of the Nashville Area Psychological Association, Peggy Elam provides psychotherapy and psychological consultation to help patients achieve emotional well-being. She is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Nashville. Peggy Elam answers this question from a troubled writer to the ivillage.com web site. Click below to read Ms. Elam's professional response to this difficult situation. read more of this article
Conflict and Anger
Sheri & Bob Stritof, marriage.about.com
Every marriage relationship will have marital conflict and hostility during difficult times. Learning how to handle these problems, knowing when to seek a therapist's help and being able to forgive are some of the keys to making matrimony successful. A collection of hand picked anger related links by about.com marriage guides Sheri & Bob Stritof. read more of this article | Dealing with Anger In Relationships
Susie and Otto Collins, loverelationships.net
Everyone gets angry. Some people show it openly and others don’t. If you are one of
those people who claim you don’t get angry- you’re either not in touch with your
emotions or you are lying. In relationship, Anger can be either healthy or unhealthy. Anger is just an emotion. How you process it is what determines whether it becomes a tool for growth or a source of pain and destruction. In this society anger is perceived as a negative emotion. If you are a person who expresses anger, society would tell you that you are someone who can’t control your emotions and can’t control your behavior. read more of this article
WORKING THROUGH THE RAGE
Dr. Bonnie Eaker-Weil 
First of all, if you haven't ended the affair-end it now and show remorse. Second, in some cases you must be willing to break up with your partner to make up, using the Smart Heart approaches explained in Make Up, Don't Break Up. This is necessary if the adulterer shows no remorse, the affair continues, or you are being taken for granted or minimized. After you break up, you need to work together to repair the marriage and start anew. Dr. Bonnie Eaker-Weil, Ph.D. is one of America's best-known relationship experts and author of the books Make Up, Don't Break Up and Adultery, The Forgivable Sin. She has appeared on the Today show, Oprah!, A Current Affair, The View, Sally, Ricki Lake, Montel, Maury Povich, and Extra. read more of this article | Getting Mad - A new study shows women can keep anger in and still be OK.
Amy Standen Salon.com
Deborah Cox comes from a small, conservative town in the South. Growing up, she sensed that many women of her parents' generation were "infinitely furious," stockpiling their grievances like canned vegetables. It was, she felt, a simmering frustration born of and sustained by the women's lack of influence in their community. As long as the women remained silent about the cause of their anger, they failed to take action on their own behalf read more of this article Take the Anger Test
Natural Anger
helpyourselftherapy.com
WHAT ANGER IS
Anger is a natural emotion or feeling. We feel anger whenever we are BLOCKED from getting something we want. It is good for us because it PROTECTS us from threat,
IT REMINDS US THAT WE HAVE POWER to overcome obstacles, and it gives us a MEASURE of how important it is for us to get what we want. HOW IT WORKS
Whenever we are blocked from something we want,
a part of our energy goes into feeling anger. It can range from intense anger at being blocked from something important (like life itself)
to minimal anger at small blocks over slight wants. read more of this article
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Infidelity - Dealing With Anger
