This post is in response to Anger Problems: A Smokescreen for Fear-Shame Phobia By Steven Stosny, Ph.D. Since fellow PT blogger Dr. Steven Stosny and I both share similar concerns with the increasing ...
She kept blaming herself for snapping over small things, until she realized the outbursts weren’t anger so much as a nervous system on high alert from frantic parenting years. When you recognize those ...
Venting when angry seems sensible. Conventional wisdom suggests that expressing anger can help us quell it, like releasing steam from a pressure cooker. But this common metaphor is misleading, ...
Populism is having a defining moment again, though it never really went away. This approach to politics surged after Donald Trump made his appearance on the stage in 2015, along with Sen. Bernie ...
Anger provides a way to temporarily numb or avoid pain, which is why, when you bang your thumb hanging a picture, you don't pray. It’s a survival-based function of anger—if you’re being attacked by a ...