Anger

Anger is measured by the aftermath effects. Humans can show emotions of getting mad at someone or something. Many have gotten mad while driving, such as traffic lights, someone cutting into your lane, ignoring indications and so on. This can be so frustrating while we rush to reach our destination on time. Why do we get mad at someone? Do we have to get mad? We have every right to get mad at someone who is harmful to us and to others. Anger is a normal emotion or feeling that is an integral part of the human psyche. It is natural for any human to feel anger.

What triggers anger? There can be many triggers to anger. We can feel anger when we are treated unfairly by our family, people at the workplace, society and the universe. This trigger activates our emotions of frustration and then leads to anger. We might be angry with time and pressure at deadlines. When we fail to meet deadlines, our anger mode can be triggered. The feeling of hurt can obviously trigger anger. The threat to self-esteem or ego can be the recipe to anger. Discrimination can also create a feeling of an upset in us. We might be upset with most of the “isms” such as racism, capitalism, socialism and so on. There might be many more triggers to anger in our lives. These triggers are personal, and we must figure out what are my triggers to anger. It is important to identify triggers of anger to deal with anger. Thus, the first step is to find out what is my trigger or what triggers my anger? What makes me angry most often?

Anger is that part of the age-old fight or flight response to the threat. Most animals use this response whilst posed with the threat. The consequence of anger plays a significant part. In other words, the behaviour of anger is worth addressing than the feeling of anger itself. Anger can be a motivational drive or assertive anger to do something better for society and on the hand, anger can be destructive or behavioural anger if it executed to harm others and ourselves. To site traffic example again, if one is upset about the traffic and is triggered to drive recklessly, it can cause harm or be pulled over by police. In this example, one could not avoid the feeling of anger but could avoid reckless driving. In conclusion, anger is complex to discuss but it is worth exploring our own personal anger triggers and how one manages these triggers. Anger is good and not good depending on what is a result. Each of us must know our capacity to feel and execute anger.