Using Anger After Being Taught to Suppress It

It’s healthy to feel mad in moderation

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Many of us who were raised in religious homes learned that being angry is always wrong. We were meant to be meek, submissive, respectful little children, and it didn’t matter what we were upset about — expressing anger was automatically bad. So we stuffed it down and found other ways to cope with our frustrations.