How Anger Feels
We often feel anger as heat and tension in our chest. The heat can rise into our throat, face, eyes, and entire head. It can flush our face and eyes red with blood and heat. Our head can fill to the point of an aneurism with the heat of rage that rises from our heart. From our throat it might sound forth as a growl, yell, or wild, blood curdling scream.
Like other emotions, anger is a matter of that which makes us alive, our spirit. As such it is primarily a matter of thumology rather than psychology.
Anger Defined
Anger is one of our spirit's responses to being wronged, mistreated, threatened, injured, or nearly killed.
When the well-being of our spirit is violated we do well to respond with anger. We do well to feel, express, and act on it. When we do, we defend and protect ourselves. When we suppress or internalize it, we misdirect it toward ourselves and do ourselves harm.
From Low to High Intensity
Anger can range from low to high intensity. For example, our anger can range from feeling mildly annoyed all the way up to insanely enraged,
Acute and Chronic Anger
Acute anger can come on in a flash, for example, in response to an insult. It can dissipate as quickly with the reception of a genuine apology.
Chronic anger, bitterness, can smolder for months, years, and even a life-time.
Part 2 will explore mind-based and experience-based anger as well as life-denying and life-affirming anger.
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