Mohan was so angry yesterday. His face became red. Rita lost her temper the other day. Be careful of Ekta she is a short tempered girl .These are sentences you hear very often. This set me thinking"" Is anger so bad""
No Anger is not bad .
Nature has developed the emotional state we call "anger" to help us stay alive. Anger sends signals to all parts of our body to help us fight or flee. It energizes us to prepare us for action. Millions of years ago we were threatened by wild animals who wanted to eat us. Now we more often feel threatened by other human beings, either psychologically or physically.
When we feel energized by anger, we might ask ourselves how we put this energy to the most productive use. As with the use of other forms of energy such as electricity or oil, we might want to use it efficiently, not wastefully.
Do we use it in productive or counter-productive ways? Does our anger lengthen or shorten our lives?
Here are several important things about anger worth remembering:
1. It is a powerful survival tool
2. It is a response to pain (physical or psychological)
3. It is a source of energy
4. It is a secondary emotion
5. In anger mode the brain downshifts to a lower evolutionary level
6. Prolonged anger is unhealthy
7. Repressed anger is also unhealthy
When we feel energized by anger, we might ask ourselves how we put this energy to the most productive use. As with the use of other forms of energy such as electricity or oil, we might want to use it efficiently, not wastefully.
Do we use it in productive or counter-productive ways? Does our anger lengthen or shorten our lives?
Here are several important things about anger worth remembering:
1. It is a powerful survival tool
2. It is a response to pain (physical or psychological)
3. It is a source of energy
4. It is a secondary emotion
5. In anger mode the brain downshifts to a lower evolutionary level
6. Prolonged anger is unhealthy
7. Repressed anger is also unhealthy
In the end all I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT ANGER IS GOOD BUT WE HAVE TO USE IT PRODUCTIVELY.
PRABHJOT KAUR
