Navigating Anger [CONTROL ANGER BEFORE ANGER CONTROLS YOU]!@#$%?

 

Question:  WHAT is the most complex rocket science?  YESirrrreeee, it is NAVIGATING ANGER!  And this age-old slogan "CONTROL ANGER BEFORE ANGER CONTROLS YOU"  should be embraced by us all from the time we wakeup till we hit the sack.  YES YES yowww, we all know WHAT ANGER is all about as we've felt it from time to time, either as the one manifesting it OR at times WHEN we are at the receiving end📗📙📘

WHETHER as a fleeting annoyance OR as indeed, a full-fledged rage, ANGER has always been considered completely normal and even a healthy human emotion.  In fact and in truth, the worst fears I dread to face in life [WHICH sometimes I still face these days randomly] is WHEN someone does NOT show OR express any emotion, much more ANGER❎❎❎

BUT here's the catch.  WHEN it gets out of hand and out of control and turns its ugly head of destructiveness, YES it can lead and develop to problems, WHETHER at work, in relationships and even in the overall quality of one's life.  End result?  ANGER can even make us feel as though we're at the mercy of an unpredictable and powerful emotion.  And while ANGER does vary in its intensity from a negligible slight irritation to an intense rage and fury, it is WHEN ANGER gets expressed WHEN we come to witness its ugly head💥💥💥

True, the instinctive and natural way to express ANGER is to respond aggressively as ANGER is that natural, adaptive response to threats and it inspires powerful and often aggressive feelings and behaviors, WHICH then allows us to fight and to defend ourselves WHEN we are attacked.  In the end, a certain amount of ANGER is necessary for our survival.  DON'T look far.  Let us recall those boxing fights involving Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and even Muhammad Ali.  Once they step into the ring, they are in BEAST MODE😡😡😡

Our takeaway:  Let's take a step back and try to rationalize things.  Indeed, ANGER can be suppressed and then converted OR even redirected.  This happens WHEN we hold our ANGER, then stopped thinking about it, and then focus on something positive.  Our aim then is to inhibit OR suppress our ANGER and convert it into a constructive behavior.  No mean feat BUT if we can embrace this approach, let's go dude!!!