Mayo Clinic - Self-care can be a powerful tool for pain...

Anger is the alter-ego of fear. We avoid feeling fear because its vulnerable. Anger is energy in motion, it makes us feel in control. Anger isn’t bad. It’s a basic human emotion that keeps us safe. It’s only toxic when we use it as a coping mechanism to avoid feeling fear or sadness. Women have been angry for decades and told it’s not lady-like or too aggressive. And so we have worn a mask for near all our lives., shoving down both our fear and anger. Then it manifests as anxiety, depression, ch