Most of us have been in a situation where a coworker does something annoying and we let it slide, only to come home and lash out at our partner instead. That's not the way emotionally intelligent people handle anger.
In a Psychology Today blog post, psychologist Emma Seppala tells readers to "figure out if you're misplacing blame."
She writes: "You're hungry, tired, overworked, stressed, unhappy in your marriage, and then you assign all the blame to the first person or situation you encounter; probably someone close to you. In the process, you drive away the people you love the most — making things even worse."