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{Series and Serious} 1/56. What do you feel [Anger] about? Why? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'd like to do a series on 56 different emotions which we'll eventually get through as time permits.

Anger

Anger is an intense emotion defined as a perceived provocation, the invasion of one's boundaries, or a threat. From an evolutionary standpoint, anger serves to mobilize psychological resources in order to address the threat/invasion. Anger is directed at an individual of equal status.

Try to keep it fresh by what is current but its also cool to retrospect

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Like it says, these emotions are "designed" to mobilize you and your resources so that sounds perfectly on-brand :) Irritation and frustration are great too, they seem like bridge emotions to anger that you encounter first often and can limit the fallout from if you attend to them before they progress to anger

The question I like to ask myself is "What is this emotion trying to tell me" and "What would things look like longer term externally and internally if the trigger kept happening but I didn't have the cue of whatever emotion like anger or fear or irritation" haha.

I'm notoriously good and becoming better by the day at like "Lets deal with this once and now and put it to bed" cuz I hate ongoing issues that could have otherwise been attenuated had I followed my instinct towards working it