"We boil at different degrees." -Ralph Waldo EmersonAnger is a major problem for many people. Some of us boil at the freezing point and some of us freeze at the boiling point.
Identifying anger and using it appropriately is something we didn't learn as children. We were preoccupied with trying to maneuver through the minefield in our homes.
We need to understand why we substitute anger for hurt, or why anger turns into self-hate or self-pity, or why we think we are terrible people if we feel this forbidden emotion.
I am relearning attitudes about anger. I can learn to express it appropriately.
by Mitzi Chandler. copyright 1989
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