Angry Catharsis

I don’t have an anger problem. It’s been said to me recently that I get annoyed or frustrated but not angry. But then PJ reckons I write angry posts. Am I angry? I think I display some symptoms of Passive Anger (Dispassion and Evasiveness) but these can be explained (or perhaps justified). Both are linked … Continue reading “Angry Catharsis”

I don’t have an anger problem. It’s been said to me recently that I get annoyed or frustrated but not angry. But then PJ reckons I write angry posts.

Am I angry?

I think I display some symptoms of Passive Anger (Dispassion and Evasiveness) but these can be explained (or perhaps justified). Both are linked – mostly in the desire not to have the situation escalate any further. I was told I am slippery – not quite Clinton slippery – but certainly eel-like. I just tend to avoid saying things that will make people angry or sad or which will not add to the resolution of issues. I’ve spent enough time looking at myself, using cognitive restructuring theory, to realise that my anger is not really an issue any more. Sure, I feel angry at times but again looking at the big picture I’ll stay outwardly calm. As I told Sean the other day, “You really have to laugh.”

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