Posted by mist on November 19, 2001, at 18:22:10
In reply to Whatever happened to anger turned inward?, posted by mist on November 19, 2001, at 0:38:49
The thing that's helped me clear up anger is having heated verbal fights with people I'm angry at. I noticed as a child I felt much better after fighting (not physically--I mean huge, angry arguments) with family members. The problem is, there are social/interpersonal repercussions to doing that in most relationships and situations, so I don't do very often if at all anymore. (Not that I ever did a lot.) The society overall isn't accepting of interpersonal fighting,—it's viewed as destructive and antisocial. If people accepted it more for what it was and didn't read terrible meanings into it I think it would be useful for clearing up backlogged anger. Hitting a pillow and that type of thing doesn't do it for me.
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