“When peopledon’t act the way Iwant them to, it’snot the worst thingthat could happento me.”Talk to thedog/takedog forwalk“Even though Idon’t like it, Ican put up withpeople whotreat meunfairly.”“Do I haveto get veryangry aboutthis?”“Everyonedeserves to betreated the way Iwould like to betreated – fairly andkindly.”“Just becauseI feel angrydoesn’t meanI have to act inan angry way.”Ask forhelp“Being treatedunfairly is notthe end of theworld.”Timeout“I CAN stand itwhen I don’tget what Iwant. I cancope.”Talk to anadult/friendTakea napScreaminto yourpillow“How big is myproblem? The size ofmy reaction shouldmatch the size of theproblem. How big doothers see theproblem? How bigshould my reaction be?”Findsomethingfun to doAnger“Is this reallythe worstthing thatcouldhappen?”“I can behappy evenwhen peopletreat meunfairly.”“I accept everyone– everyone makesmistakes anddoes things I don’tlike sometimes.”“Getting angrydoesn’t helpme – it will justmake me feelbad.”ListentomusicFindsomewherequiet tocool downJump inthepool/ocean“When peoplebehave badly or aredifferent from me orwhen I don’t reallyknow them, they arenot totally badpeople.”TakedeepbreathsMeditation“Does it makesense to bevery angryabout this – orjust annoyed orfrustrated?”Have acooldrink“When peopledon’t act the way Iwant them to, it’snot the worst thingthat could happento me.”Talk to thedog/takedog forwalk“Even though Idon’t like it, Ican put up withpeople whotreat meunfairly.”“Do I haveto get veryangry aboutthis?”“Everyonedeserves to betreated the way Iwould like to betreated – fairly andkindly.”“Just becauseI feel angrydoesn’t meanI have to act inan angry way.”Ask forhelp“Being treatedunfairly is notthe end of theworld.”Timeout“I CAN stand itwhen I don’tget what Iwant. I cancope.”Talk to anadult/friendTakea napScreaminto yourpillow“How big is myproblem? The size ofmy reaction shouldmatch the size of theproblem. How big doothers see theproblem? How bigshould my reaction be?”Findsomethingfun to doAnger“Is this reallythe worstthing thatcouldhappen?”“I can behappy evenwhen peopletreat meunfairly.”“I accept everyone– everyone makesmistakes anddoes things I don’tlike sometimes.”“Getting angrydoesn’t helpme – it will justmake me feelbad.”ListentomusicFindsomewherequiet tocool downJump inthepool/ocean“When peoplebehave badly or aredifferent from me orwhen I don’t reallyknow them, they arenot totally badpeople.”TakedeepbreathsMeditation“Does it makesense to bevery angryabout this – orjust annoyed orfrustrated?”Have acooldrink

Healthy Anger Actions/thoughts - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. “When people don’t act the way I want them to, it’s not the worst thing that could happen to me.”
  2. Talk to the dog/take dog for walk
  3. “Even though I don’t like it, I can put up with people who treat me unfairly.”
  4. “Do I have to get very angry about this?”
  5. “Everyone deserves to be treated the way I would like to be treated – fairly and kindly.”
  6. “Just because I feel angry doesn’t mean I have to act in an angry way.”
  7. Ask for help
  8. “Being treated unfairly is not the end of the world.”
  9. Timeout
  10. “I CAN stand it when I don’t get what I want. I can cope.”
  11. Talk to an adult/friend
  12. Take a nap
  13. Scream into your pillow
  14. “How big is my problem? The size of my reaction should match the size of the problem. How big do others see the problem? How big should my reaction be?”
  15. Find something fun to do
  16. Anger
  17. “Is this really the worst thing that could happen?”
  18. “I can be happy even when people treat me unfairly.”
  19. “I accept everyone – everyone makes mistakes and does things I don’t like sometimes.”
  20. “Getting angry doesn’t help me – it will just make me feel bad.”
  21. Listen to music
  22. Find somewhere quiet to cool down
  23. Jump in the pool/ocean
  24. “When people behave badly or are different from me or when I don’t really know them, they are not totally bad people.”
  25. Take deep breaths
  26. Meditation
  27. “Does it make sense to be very angry about this – or just annoyed or frustrated?”
  28. Have a cool drink