All addictions have symptoms which allow us to recognize
these problems as addictive diseases. The signs of
addictive diseases are self-stimulation compulsion
obsession denial withdrawal and craving syndrome and
unpredictable behavior. Like alcoholism or drug use anger
meets many of the criteria.
Self-Stimulation
For those who are rageaholics expressing anger is self-
stimulating. It triggers the compulsion for more anger. For
example let’s pretend that we are going to provide
treatment for alcoholics. On the way to the treatment
center we stop and buy a case of beer. When we get to the
meeting we tell the alcoholics in therapy that they just
need to do a lot of drinking to get it out of their system
once and for all. This is similar to when therapist tell
men with rage problems “You just need to express yourself ...
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