Anger and other emotions

I am no medical professional, I simply have reflected a lot on my own emotions and feelings, and am sharing my thoughts on what works for dealing with emotions in my own experience. I’m going to share my thoughts on anger. Because most of my emotions either start or end with anger. I could be angry because someone scared me, hurt me, betrayed me, abandoned me, or otherwise wronged me, at least from my point of view. Ancient philosophers stated, “anger is temporary madness.” Not mad as in the sense of anger, but mad as in the sense of insanity or otherwise mentally unwell. They say this because when we become overcome with anger, it becomes hard to make rational decisions. People do inappropriate things out of anger, such as lashing out verbally or physically harming others. When we believe that we have been wronged somehow, it becomes very difficult to see things through any other lens or from any other person’s point of view. In a moment of anger, it is hard to even conceive of the…