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Unhealthy anger is an overreaction to a justified wrong. Learn more about anger issues and fighting bystander intervention.<\/p>\n

Scenario<\/h2>\n

You and a few teammates are at a party when someone begins insulting you (for being athletes, for a team\u2019s performance, etc.). Despite everyone\u2019s best effort to ignore these obnoxious comments, you can see one of your teammates is becoming more and more irritated. He has a history of losing his temper. What do you do?<\/p>\n

Questions<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  1. Can anger be a good thing (functional anger)? If so, when?<\/li>\n
  2. Have you been at a party where a fight broke out? What happened? What did you do? Were you a bystander or intervener \u2013 why? Would you do anything differently now?<\/li>\n
  3. Do you think there are people who look for fights? Why?<\/li>\n
  4. Do you think people sometimes target student-athletes? Why?<\/li>\n
  5. Is anger an athletic community issue? How so?<\/li>\n
  6. What are some possible triggers?<\/li>\n
  7. Are there unwritten codes of conduct acceptable in certain subcultures that may not be permissible in the general population? Explain\/Describe.<\/li>\n
  8. If you use anger to \u201cpump yourself up\u201d as a student-athlete, is it hard to turn it off when you are away from your sport? Why or why not?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Considerations<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    In the athletic world, it is sometimes more acceptable to express anger and not other emotions. Therefore, many people will act angry when they are really feeling something else that they are uncomfortable expressing, such as:<\/p>\n