Trying to avoid or deny anger may bring unexpected results

 
By Eric Dlugokinski
Published: October 16, 2006

Editor's note: Part two in a two-part series.

We experience anger when we feel frustrated about something we can't have and/or when we feel we have been treated unfairly or unjustly. It is a natural normal human emotion that can arise from others (when we are treated unfairly) or from ourselves (with unmet or unrealistic expectations).

Anger is an energy system that mobilizes us for self-protection. If it is exp...


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