“Anger is a bodyguard for hurt.”
To be angry is so much more accepted than actually being vulnerable. When our heart is hurt, struggling to find an acceptable way to express it can be challenging. For men it is much more acceptable to show anger. Women are often conditioned not to show the same kind of anger that is ok for men to express. Such gender conditioning around expressing emotions is deeply ingrained.
Yet if it is just a coverup for true hurt, how can this shift?
Quote by Lama Rod Owens – a Buddhist Minister, Black activist and author of Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation through Anger. And my thoughts… 🙂
REFLECTION:
- Can you unpack something that is making you very angry? If you examine it on a deeper level, is it hurt at its core? Or a fear you have of loss? What is it?
- How can you tell the truth and be vulnerable to express what is really going on with you?