STOICISM & PHILOSOPHY
Tackle Your Anger With Stoicism
A Deep Dive Into Anger
Emotions run wild in the heat of moments. Easy it can be to succumb to our human nature tendencies and give in to some of the most unproductive emotions we often experience, one being: anger.
There is no more stupefying thing than anger, nothing more bent on its own strength. If successful, none more arrogant, if foiled, none more insane — since it’s not driven back by weariness even in defeat when fortune removes its adversary it turns its teeth on itself. — Seneca, On Anger, 3.1.5
Anger is often viewed as a negative emotion. People often view anger as something that is bad and should be avoided at all costs. However, the feeling of anger is not necessarily bad at all. Actually, it is healthy to feel different emotions–especially anger.
Sometimes we need to feel anger to accept our anger, which can lead to transformative change in the lives of others and in ourselves.
The only time anger turns into a negative feeling is when we produce unproductive actions because of our anger. When we produce actions that hurt ourselves and others out of anger, we then give anger control over ourselves. It is referenced in the great book that a person should not sin in their anger. This essentially means…
