Anger and Hurt. Personal Development

In continuation of the previous thread about anger, I wanted to expand on an idea, or two. Let's face it. We can feel the emotion of anger as a reaction to almost any type of situation. We can try to hide it, but it often shows through our body language inclusive facial expressions, actions, and in the tones of voices. Yet, it is not always an easy thing to talk about.

In the personal development of the self, or development of the personal realm, it sabotages the future more than people realize. I discuss the development of our nature or core, because this is where we need to start. It does not matter if people want their relationships to be more constructive, or their lives to move in a different direction, it all begins with the core self.

It is impossible to cover these entire subjects in posts, but I thought that I would mention at least one example of anger that remains with people, and becomes a part of what we call 'the shadow self', and a good pal in a personal development that may actually be less than what individuals wish for. People may want entirely different things to happen, yet their shadow takes them on an opposite route. Again, it's important to remember that everyone is in continuous development.

Do any of you have any memories of a yesterday gone by, where you were in an interaction or situation, and in your perception, it did not end up in your favor? What I mean is that you felt a little out of whack, not quite balanced, or less than good about yourself. Perhaps you felt that you were undermined, not heard, understood, not included, noticed, appreciated, taken seriously, just to name a few.

The important point being here that you just quite couldn't, or chose not to express that which would leverage you equal, and even more importantly regardless of the other person you were interacting with. When I state 'leverage equal', I mean expressing one's core self from positivity. I do not mean attempting to be right, and the other wrong. I do not mean trying to convince another of who one truly is as a person. These are still symptoms of non-equality thinking.

It does actually have more to do with how satisfied people are with the role they themselves have played, rather than what others have said and done. It has to be like this. That is the bottom line that people need to know and understand if they envision a future of progress, and development that they will subjectively feel is successful. Why? Well, it is because we can never stop other people from saying and doing things that we may possibly feel hurt by. Think about all of the people that are met daily, and in the course of a lifetime.

The strange thing is that these types of scenarios can lead to feelings of hurt, and self-anger as outcomes. The self-promise being that it certainly is never ever going to happen again, come purgatory or high water. It can take some time for this to develop, but the guardian, the shadow self, becomes the friend that warns you as you head into similar situations. A trigger of something known, and just in time to gear up the adrenalin, and exude 'an attitude'. Now, whatever behavior the attitudes lead to, is differing for each individual.

Not only does this friend protect, but it comforts also. After the behavior, when people notice the reactions of others or circumstances, reassurance is needed. This friend will comfort, and leverage the self-esteem with inner self-talk.

That was so stupid, and a load of crock anyhow.
Everyone always wants something.
People are idiots.
This was doomed to fail, and I am obviously the only one who saw it coming.
They're all just jealous of me.
I will show them. They will be sorry.
how many more can we add to this list? Many, upon many.

Think about it. It's hard to knock a good friend that protects and comforts, right? It becomes difficult to feel the need to go any further, take a new step, entertain possibilities, and new opportunities. A stagnating effect comes from the blindness of it. It is almost impossible to see one's own role in this circle, and the need to be more pro-active in personal development. It is easier to blame circumstances, and others.

The chronic state becomes something entirely different than the situation of that yesterday. It becomes a crutch. Reality becomes self-fulfilling prophecies, as the clip is played over and over again, like a movie. The adrenalin addictive, leading to waves of "up, and crash". The environment saturated with similar individuals that fit the roles.

The shoulder chips grow larger. When the discovery of them, and how they came to be are understood, the sense of 'hurt' appears. In further exploration, it becomes easy to clearly see that hurt is still tied to the other, or the circumstance. Taking this theme even deeper, the knowledge that the ability to handle it differently was always present, but not taken. Thus, one more piece of the puzzle of self-responsibility falls into place. At least as a thought process, and this is the first step to change.

We've all been angry, or own irritation regarding issues. What makes you really angry?

Related articles; Anger. The second culprit.

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