Doing The Thing with Anger
Hello, January 28, 2012
Anger has a bad rap.
In the last blog we touched on how anger may relate to peace, and that anger can be used as a constructive force instead of a destructive one.
Anger as a pure natural emotion is designed to get us back to feeling good again.
It is a constructive force, even creative.
When a baby cries because he is hungry or wet, it is not the expression of grief. The baby is crying to express a discomfort and is making a forceful attempt to get her needs met and get back to feeling pleasure.
Anger and other emotions store up in our bodies as stress which turns into tension, pain and disease if they aren't expressed in clear, healthy ways. This is armor.
It is no wonder that anger has a bad reputation. We fear it -- because most of the examples we see are examples of destructive armored anger. It is expressed toward the self as guilt or depression, and expressed toward others as resentment, coercion, bullying and violence.
More than anger management; we need safe ways to get the anger out / to drain it.
Can you feel your body holding onto some of this armor?
Do you want to feel better?
What can you do to express your old armored anger?
Start with a desire to get to know yourself better, and next time I will share some specific tools that have helped me. In the meantime know that you can be in charge of your emotions and your health.
Do The Thing courageously,
Dana
Anger has a bad rap.
In the last blog we touched on how anger may relate to peace, and that anger can be used as a constructive force instead of a destructive one.
Anger as a pure natural emotion is designed to get us back to feeling good again.
It is a constructive force, even creative.
When a baby cries because he is hungry or wet, it is not the expression of grief. The baby is crying to express a discomfort and is making a forceful attempt to get her needs met and get back to feeling pleasure.
Anger and other emotions store up in our bodies as stress which turns into tension, pain and disease if they aren't expressed in clear, healthy ways. This is armor.
It is no wonder that anger has a bad reputation. We fear it -- because most of the examples we see are examples of destructive armored anger. It is expressed toward the self as guilt or depression, and expressed toward others as resentment, coercion, bullying and violence.
More than anger management; we need safe ways to get the anger out / to drain it.
Can you feel your body holding onto some of this armor?
Do you want to feel better?
What can you do to express your old armored anger?
Start with a desire to get to know yourself better, and next time I will share some specific tools that have helped me. In the meantime know that you can be in charge of your emotions and your health.
Do The Thing courageously,
Dana
Posted by Dana Quade at 1/28/2012 12:36 PM 
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Tags: anger peace armor rage depression guilt pleasure violence pain tension
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Tags: anger peace armor rage depression guilt pleasure violence pain tension
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