December isn’t just the start of the Christmas countdown it’s also National Anger Awareness Week which encourages individuals to recognise the causes and symptoms of anger.

Christmas is one of the most stressful times of the year and this week aims to help schools and people in the workplace aware of counseling services and coping strategies available to stop difficult situations that arise.

This time of the year can put a strain on many families, for example, Where to spend the big day, plans for the festive period, being extra busy at work due to the Christmas break, money worries, and fighting anxiety when the shops are busy.

Mike Fisher, Founder of the British Association of Anger Management (BAAM) aims to bring awareness to the severity of the problem and the need for services to support sufferers and their families.

“National Anger Awareness Week encourages people to think about how anger impacts their lives and find ways to deal with this powerful feeling.

In fact, if channeled correctly anger can be a creative rather than a destructive force,” explains Fisher.

National Anger Awareness Week, now in its nineteenth year highlights the issues and offers ‘tools to cool’. “BAAM constantly monitors the causes of anger and we have noticed an increase in rage caused by unavoidable, everyday incidents such as traffic incidents, queue jumping, social media, and frustrations with modern technology.

We need to find ways to cope and with the media highlighting anger and rage in our leaders and media stars, none of us are immune from experiencing what it feels like to experience this behavior.”

The British Association of Anger Management (BAAM) provides free information on National Anger Awareness Week, nationwide anger management courses, and other resources aimed at supporting individuals, educators, and organisations deal with anger management issues.