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Chapter 4:

How to Express Anger and

Avoid Conflicts

W rath and anger are both destructive and creative

emotions. They can motivate us, remove

blindfolds from our eyes and give us lots of

strength when directed properly, but their destructive nature is

revealed whenever we suppress our feelings. How should we

express these emotions to use them for creation of a healthy
communication with other people, instead of sudden, chaotic

outbursts of anger?

In our Western society, it is normal to suppress wrath, anger

and other bad emotions. It results in large amounts of

unleashed energy residing in us, which sooner or later erupt

like a lethal volcano.

Surveys conducted by Dr. Robert W. Levenson from UC

Berkeley Institute of Psychology indicate that suppression of

emotional expression does not contribute to reduction of

experienced emotional intensity, but rather overstimulates and
overloads our neural systems. This leads to reduction of

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immunity and health problems . Suppressed emotions always
manage to find their way out eventually .
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To understand how anger works, we must realize the

difference between a stimulus and a cause. Every emotion is a

result of our thoughts. The cause of each emotional state lies