it out on innocent people—if you can’t express the anger
appropriately, then you need to find a way of letting it out that
isn’t going to hurt anybody else. But let it out you must.
Bottled anger eats away at you.
It’s not just anger that shouldn’t be permanently restrained.
Neither should fear or anxiety or great joy or any of the other
emotions. Just because we are feeling big emotions doesn’t
mean we are out of control. We can be quite emotional and
still be in charge of what we are expressing. You wouldn’t be
human if you didn’t feel stuff—and feel it big time. Emotions
are natural, and you shouldn’t make an attempt to stifle them.
Of course, you can make sure emotion is let out at an appro-
priate time and place, but that is within your control. But then
again if you do respond badly, you can always feel guilty about
it afterward—and that’s OK, too.
SITTING ON OUR FEELINGS
ISN’T A GOOD IDEA.
THEY JUST GET SQUASHED
THAT WAY.