The message of the book is universal and relates to the essence of our humanity. It is an illustrated guide to understanding the emotional origins of our anger. By understanding the origins we can learn to defuse our anger and resolve the external issues

The Emotional origins of anger

By Barry Stanley

Trafford Publishing

Copyright © 2012 Barry Stanley
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4669-4031-4

Chapter One

THE EMOTIONAL ORIGINS OF ANGER

People who have brain injury or psychotic conditions are unable to control their anger. These notes do not apply to them.

Alcohol also interferes with our ability to control our anger. Control of anger requires control of alcohol.

When we lived in caves, anger was necessary to deal with physical danger.

Now most of the dangers that threaten us, are pyschological

It is no longer helpful to get angry when we feel threatened.

Anger is a burden

Within a few weeks of birth, a baby can show fear. It is the fundamental negative emotion, created by real or imagined danger.

Later, the emotion of shame and guilt develop under the influence of the higher brain centers.

We can only experience one emotion at a time. We cannot have two emotions simultaneously,

although we can go from one

to another instantaneously.

The emotion of anger is always secondary to the emotions of fear, guilt, or shame.

Shame is the emotion we experience when we behave in a manner that reduces our self-respect.

Some insecure people feel ashamed all the time about issues they are not responsible for.

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