 |  955810 | Sep 9, 2007 1:01pm | So... Is anger a healthy response? Can it be?
Is anger what we feel, or what we do?
Is there a different or better way to frame this question in your opinion? |
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Sponsor |  ntltrmllgnc | Sep 9, 2007 2:49pm | Well what is anger?
Anger seems to me a variant of a fear response. The mind goes to DEFCON "with us or against us". One remains a little more articulate than during a full blown fight or flight response, but not by much.
Angst on the other hand is the crystallization of not only anger but a bird's eye view of the world, where you stand, and where you want to go. Within angst, anger takes its proper place as a trigger for a memory of an event not a motivating principle. Reality should motivate but anger should only help keep focus. Anger is a placeholder. Like nitrous oxide in the engine. It's not really good for the car in the long run and neither is anger.
The fact that anger can motivate people is not a positive feature of anger but a lacking in motivational skills.
Angst is healthy because it is holistic. Angst gives you a wide angle lens. Anger obsesses. |
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| | 955810 | Sep 9, 2007 3:51pm | Anger<>rage...
Are we talking about the same thing? |
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| | 955810 | Sep 9, 2007 4:14pm | :-P
Baby?? How is the bugger?? |
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Sponsor | | ntltrmllgnc | Sep 9, 2007 4:15pm | | long distance homework helper training... er help |
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| | 955810 | Sep 9, 2007 4:18pm | LOL
:-P
Yer a smart man. Really. What in the world could have you stumped???
They just not getting it? |
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|  olegnep | Sep 9, 2007 7:19pm | | anger leads to good feeling if there is a healthy release for it , like killing the computer that refuses to accept proper commands and gives errors , it feels great :) |
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