- Anger: Swiss Army Knife of emotions
As someone who could never be described as cool, calm and collected, I appreciated this New York Times piece: “Lose it. Just once. See what happens.”
The Benefits of Blowing Your Top
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“I am the world crier, & this is my dangerous career… I am the one to call your bluff, & this is my climate.” —Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972)
I grew up with lots of repressed anger. Oddly, as an adult I’ve found that on those occasions when I let it out, I just end up feeling worse, feeling defeated.
On a side issue, my comments here have been pretty sporadic, but somehow I have a plurality on the Recent Comment list. Any thoughts on why there are so many fewer people commenting here than there once were, Eliot?
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I grew up with lots of repressed anger. Oddly, as an adult I’ve found that on those occasions when I let it out, I just end up feeling worse, feeling defeated.
could that be because you learned to associate control with success?
like the redesign, Eliot, although your topbar links vanish once they’re in their orange color (maybe followed? other?)…
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So, Charles, you’ve noticed? That you are one of my five readers?
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