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JeffersonChick

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Mon Mar-21-11 03:03 AM
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14. As I see it..

Anger is a feeling. If I choose to express that anger, for instance, by yelling at someone, taking it out on my spouse, or slamming doors, it then becomes an emotion (long long ago, I read about the idea that "emotion" = energy in motion).

So, the behavior itself (slamming the door) isn't anger, but rather a means by which anger is expressed as an emotion.

One can feel anger and choose not to express it. Not by repressing, but by dealing with it internally, choosing to let go of it.

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