Comments on: Anger Can Have Positive Results http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/11/anger-can-have-positive-results/ <<exploring healthy therapy & counseling>> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:34:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: upstatesc http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/11/anger-can-have-positive-results/#comment-8423 upstatesc Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:48:29 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/11/anger-can-have-positive-results/#comment-8423 Boring! That is not possible at all! Anger is a great way to work out what you are feeling, and when presented correctly it can really help to strengthen a relationship. It can help you better communicate your concerns with others and it shows that you have emotion and feeling. Boring! That is not possible at all! Anger is a great way to work out what you are feeling, and when presented correctly it can really help to strengthen a relationship. It can help you better communicate your concerns with others and it shows that you have emotion and feeling.

]]> By: jason http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/11/anger-can-have-positive-results/#comment-6993 jason Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:10:00 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/11/anger-can-have-positive-results/#comment-6993 Sometime I wonder what life would be like if anger didn't exist. What do you think the world would be like? Sometime I wonder what life would be like if anger didn’t exist. What do you think the world would be like?

]]> By: Jessie http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/11/anger-can-have-positive-results/#comment-6991 Jessie Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:09:20 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/11/anger-can-have-positive-results/#comment-6991 Anger is such a hard thing. Obviously, we are born with this emotion, as we can clearly see by watching babies. Since our creator gave us this emotion, it must not be wrong. I often tell my clients (and children for that matter) that there is nothing wrong with being angry. The good or bad part comes when we decide how to act on our anger. We can make good, constructive choices as the ones discussed in this article. Or, we can make poor choices that continue pain and cause suffering to others. Either way we go, our choices are what give anger is "good" or "bad" label. Anger is such a hard thing. Obviously, we are born with this emotion, as we can clearly see by watching babies. Since our creator gave us this emotion, it must not be wrong. I often tell my clients (and children for that matter) that there is nothing wrong with being angry. The good or bad part comes when we decide how to act on our anger. We can make good, constructive choices as the ones discussed in this article. Or, we can make poor choices that continue pain and cause suffering to others. Either way we go, our choices are what give anger is “good” or “bad” label.

]]> By: niels http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/11/anger-can-have-positive-results/#comment-6989 niels Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:06:49 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/11/anger-can-have-positive-results/#comment-6989 lr- Have you tried writing a letter? If you don't have emotional or physical access to the person who caused the trauma, you can always write a letter to that person explaining his or her effect on you. And, just because you write it doesn't mean you have to send it. You can tear it up, burn it, etc. Just the act of getting all of those emotions on paper can often begin a long-awaited healing process. lr-
Have you tried writing a letter? If you don’t have emotional or physical access to the person who caused the trauma, you can always write a letter to that person explaining his or her effect on you. And, just because you write it doesn’t mean you have to send it. You can tear it up, burn it, etc. Just the act of getting all of those emotions on paper can often begin a long-awaited healing process.

]]> By: Mary http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/11/anger-can-have-positive-results/#comment-6987 Mary Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:03:03 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/11/anger-can-have-positive-results/#comment-6987 I'm not sure that I agree w/ the statement that the person who was wronged is responsible for the anger. I guess no one can make you feel a certain way, but I don't think someone who behaved in an offensive way towards another can just walk away without any ownership in the behavior whatsoever. The author asks "Whose problem is it (the anger)?" To me, it is the problem of both parties, not just the one who is angry. I’m not sure that I agree w/ the statement that the person who was wronged is responsible for the anger. I guess no one can make you feel a certain way, but I don’t think someone who behaved in an offensive way towards another can just walk away without any ownership in the behavior whatsoever. The author asks “Whose problem is it (the anger)?” To me, it is the problem of both parties, not just the one who is angry.

]]> By: lin http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/11/anger-can-have-positive-results/#comment-6911 lin Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:51:25 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/11/anger-can-have-positive-results/#comment-6911 Thank you for this...timely for me. Any specific tools you might recommend for old anger stemming from a random act of interpersonal violence? lr Thank you for this…timely for me. Any specific tools you might recommend for old anger stemming from a random act of interpersonal violence?

lr

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