Are we Invalidating Anger?
Why is anger treated differently than all other emotions? It is a core emotion, and we are told the importance of fully processing and experiencing emotions... but when it comes to anger, we get shut down and learn from a young age that it is not okay to be angry!
Shutting down and/or interrupting emotions is harsh on our health.
Anger scares the crap out of people and causes so much damage. However, maybe the problem is not the emotion. Maybe the problem is the reaction, both from within and from without, to that anger, and we are never given a chance to process and experience it in a healthy way.
Your anger makes sense, and there is a very good and valid reason for it.
We always want to be curious and compassionate towards our selves, and the same is true with anger. When anger enters our system, you always want to breathe and check in with your self.
Is the anger the result of a boundary violation, and you are present to the situation? If so, you can be angry and allow it to give you confidence to enforce that healthy boundary.
Or, are you 'gone'? Has the environment triggered some memory from the past, and you are not present? You have been taken away in your mind and body to another time and place...
These two types of anger make complete sense, but require a very different course of action or conversation with your self or those in your environment.