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Anger, part 2

But trying not to get angry doesn't work. You may say you don't feel it, but it's coming out, anyway, in ways that you don't even know about. That’s the kind of denial in passivity. Your anger is hidden from you, but you feel very hurt and undeserving.

Anger, part 1

When people are too afraid to acknowledge their vulnerability, their hurt, and their shame, anger is expressed very explosively. Our anger is projected onto other people so that we can distract ourselves from how we've been hurt--triggered, really--by something that we may not even be consciously aware of.
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