Anger can be a troublesome emotion, especially when it happens in our grief. Most of us have been taught to think of anger in a negative, destructive way. But sometimes anger is justified. And sometimes there is no way we can suppress the feelings of anger that well up inside of us. In fact, few life events can justify anger more than the feelings of injustice and unfairness in losing a loved one to death.
In order to get a handle on anger in your grief journey, you may want to remember the following facts:
- Anger is a part of the human experience. Anger is simply wanting things to be different than they are. There is nothing wrong with wanting things to be different.
- Anger can either be a direct primary emotion (caused by external events) or a secondary emotion (produced by internal events, how you perceive or think…
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