Is anger normal or abnormal? Is it a sin? What can anger do?
Posted: Wednesday, September 22, 2010
by Chiradeep
e-Counseling
I am a short tempered person. My anger doesn’t stay for long but creates lots of problem when I am under its control. I wanted to share few deadly effects of anger and may be in future can discuss how to manage anger in day to day life.
Wikipedia says, “Anger is a feeling related to one's perception of having been offended/wronged and a tendency to undo that wrongdoing by retaliation."
Anger is an emotion which has a home in everybody’s mind. The degrees may be different but everybody gets angry. Anger is a natural emotion. But if not controlled in time it can be fatal.
Recently as I was having my quiet time from Purpose Driven Devotionals where the writer says: “instead of dealing with or controlling our anger we should deal with the root cause of the anger" and that would be much easier for us."
What anger can do to us:
1. Hurts Other People: Anger is so cruel it never sees who is in front of us. It can hurt other people and even can create problems for ourselves because of that hurt. There are many instances of suicide cases where a child commits suicides for getting scolding from his/her parents.
2. Hurts Relationships: Breaking or straining of relationships due to anger is the most common incidences we see in our family and society. When somebody gets angry with other the victimized person always tries to stop talking or break the relationship. Sometimes there are incidences of family quarrels, divisions, divorces etc. and the culprit is ANGER.
3. Hurts Ourselves: When we get angry with somebody we really could not concentrate on our own work. We feel disturbed, hurt. We lose our mental peace. We forget our daily routine because of anger. If we are angry for some events in the office we unnecessarily shout at our family members. Anger also increases our Blood Pressure. We literally lose control over our own self because of anger.
The Bible tells us in Ephesians 4:26 “…don’t sin by letting anger gain control over you. Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry". Anger is normal, no doubt about it and anger itself is not at all a sin. But anger tends us to commit dangerous sins. So controlling anger is important. Anger should not be suppressed but has to be channelized in the right direction otherwise it will be destructive.
So, friends! Let us not get angry to be victimised by the anger itself. Let’s rule anger.
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Top-level comments on this article: (4 total)Anger is an emotion that will destroy our own subconciousness if you let it. Don't let it win.Hey James! Thanks for the comment.
I don't get angry that often, but when I do I seem to be able to control it alright.Good article ChiradeepThanks sir, for that sweet comment. I appreciate.
Interesting article Chiradeep. Seems like there are an awful lot of angry people running around today, and I used to be one, but praise God I learned to respond instead of reacting, most of the time, and a lot of good people helped me along the way and in the process I became a different person. It can happen to anyone.Thanks Linda for reading and commenting...Thanks for your precious time that you spent on commenting...
You made some excellent points. I'm glad to see you say that anger is a normal emotion. Trying to pretend you aren't angry usually leads to more problems down the line. It's what you do with your anger that counts.Thanks a bucket Joyce for the comment...
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