Dealing with Anger

Anger is often the emotion we see first, but rarely the one we are actually feeling.

For a long time, I misunderstood anger.

I saw it as a negative emotion, something that needed to be controlled, suppressed, or avoided altogether. Whenever I felt angry, my first instinct was to convince myself that I should not be feeling that way. I would try to move on quickly, distract myself, or pretend that whatever happened did not affect me.

But the older I get, the more I realize that anger is not necessarily the problem.

In fact, anger is often trying to tell us something important.

When we think about anger, we usually focus on the outward expression of it. The arguments, the frustration, the harsh words, or the resentment that follows. What we rarely talk about is what sits underneath it.

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