Do you find yourself, family or friends stressed out or in potentially uncomfortable or dangerous environments? This book serves as an informational companion guide to help you identify and manage stressful and harmful situations, improve your ability to communicate with people, and give you guidance for identifying and dealing with potentially violent people. You can apply this information to help yourself or to assess potentially unsafe lifestyles of other individuals in your family, social group, school, work, or otherwise. For current information on available online tools and other self-help aids, please visit www.AutumnAlert.com. This book is not intended to be a replacement for professional guidance and support. If you are feeling uncomfortable or threatened in any way, seek professional help. If a person’s stress is not properly dealt with, it may lead to rage and violence. We can help ourselves by controlling our emotions and by helping others in our family and social groups to identify stress factors and avoid people and situations that could escalate to rage or violence. To make good choices in your life, it is important to understand your environment and personal associations. This includes understanding yourself and recognizing and avoiding patterns in other people which may be harmful to you.