| 1. I don’t show my anger about everything that makes me mad, but when I do – look out. |
True ____False____ |
| 2. I still get angry when I think of the bad things people did to me in the past. |
True ____False____ |
| 3. Waiting in line, or waiting for other people, really annoys me. |
True ____False____ |
| 4. I fly off the handle easily |
True ____False____ |
| 5. I often find myself having heated arguments with the people who are closest to me. |
True ____False____ |
| 6. I sometimes lie awake at night and think about the things that upset me during the day. |
True ____False____ |
| 7. When someone says or does something that upsets me, I don’t usually say anything at the time, but later spend a lot of time thinking up cutting replies I could and should have made. |
True ____False____ |
| 8. I find it very hard to forgive someone who has done me wrong. |
True ____False____ |
| 9. I get angry with myself when I lost control of my emotions. |
True ____False____ |
| 10. People really irritate me when they don’t behave the way they should, or when they act like they don’t have the good sense of a head of lettuce. |
True ____False____ |
| 11. If I get really upset about something, I have a tendency to feel sick later,either with a weak spell, headache, upset stomach, or diarrhea. |
True ____False____ |
| 12. People I've trusted have often let me down, leaving me feeling angry or betrayed. |
True ____False____ |
| 13. When things don’t go my way, I get depressed. |
True ____False____ |
14. I am apt to take frustration so badly that I cannot put it out of my mind. |
True ____False____ |
| 15. I've been so angry at times I couldn't remember things I said or did. |
True ____False____ |
| 16. After arguing with someone, I hate myself. |
True ____False____ |
| 17. I've had trouble on the job because of my temper. |
True ____False____ |
| 18. When riled up, I often blurt out things I later regret saying. |
True ____False____ |
| 19. Some people are afraid of my bad temper. |
True ____False____ |
| 20. When I get angry, frustrated or hurt, I comfort myself by eating or using alcohol or other drugs. |
True ____False____ |
| 21. When someone hurts or frustrates me, I want to get even. |
True ____False____ |
| 22. I've gotten so angry at times that I've become physically violent, hitting other people or breaking things. |
True ____False____ |
| 23. At times, I've felt angry enough to kill. |
True ____False____ |
| 24. Sometimes I feel so hurt and alone I feel like committing suicide. |
True ____False____ |
| 25. I’m a really angry person, and I know I need help learning to control my temper and angry feelings because it has already caused me a lot of problems. |
True ____False____ |