You need something to remind you when you get angrythat it's no big deal. Our mnds work so that emotion begins small, setting off a chain reaction that changes our thought patterns, physiology, and feelings into a full on emotion, but it can (and does) happen in reverse. Simply realizing that this isn't something to get angry over and that the emotion can stop now will begin the quick-yet-gradual end to the emotion.

The problem is that we tend to get caught up in our emotions and part of the whole, "change our thought patterns" thing includes ignoring strategies like these. In the end, though, coping strategies once you get angry all have relatively the same effectiveness. Once you realize that they should be used as you're experiencing the emotion...then you've done 90% of the job.