Anger: “Let me introduce myself”

I am probably one of the most misunderstood emotion there is. I often am sanctioned for some unfair reason, I am told off for being around. I feel like nobody wants to see me or even understand me. This makes me livid!

When I have been told off too often, when I have been unwanted for too long I am shut out and I can not fulfil my duty. But doing my job is so important!

I appear when someone is hurt, or disrespected. I appear when someones boundaries have been disregarded or their needs have been frustrated.

As anger I spread out through as much of the body as needed to fight against the injustice that I perceive. Fighting takes a lot of energy so I help humans find that energy within themselves.

Signs that I am starting to activate as much energy as possible may be clenched fists, heavy or fast breathing or even blinding the human with anger.

All of this active energy needs to be released from the human’s body so I make them shout, scream, punch and kick.

Even after this volcanic eruption I stay for while. I need to make sure that the other one has truly understood how frustrated and hurt my human is.

I think that this is actually really helpful and the perfect way to communicate that someone has done something wrong! Most people don’t seem to understand this.

Fair enough, sometimes I overshoot the mark and humans who haven’t done anything wrong are caught in the crossfire. I’m sorry about that.

Some humans actually abuse my helpful nature. They call for my help all the time and after a while they often forget why they are angry. They call for my help so much that I may decide to just stick around and to not leave at all. What would be the point of going if I am called back only a couple of minutes later?

In such cases I am often used as a preventative measure, to scare others away, because my human feels insecure and vulnerable. Attack has always been the best defence!

All my Feelings-Sisters and Emotion-Brothers may have tried to help my human but were not taken seriously, were dismissed. That hurts me, and that makes me feel sorry for my human, but I understand why they now need me at all times.