RE: In support of the rage of man
March 31, 2019 at 11:33 pm
(This post was last modified: March 31, 2019 at 11:36 pm by fredd bear.)
Of course rage has a legitimate function .All human behave has, or at least did, once.
Perhaps originally linked to the 'fight' part or 'flight or fight', with the 'flight 'part being triggered by fear (?)
Today open rage is not acceptable in society, and can get you locked up; Eg road rage, shooting your next door neighbour because his cat crapped in your yard, that kind of thing.
Still very much accepted in combat soldiers.
Today we call it 'anger' and it is accepted under certain circumstances.Eg in professional sports, channeled anger is considered helpful .
The so-called 'alpha male' or the counterfeit of, such as in Donald Trump are essentially very angry and fearful people.
In my society, it is acceptable for a man to show anger, but not acceptable to show fear or sadness. So we show anger as our default negative emotion.
It is acceptable fo a woman to show fear or sadness, but not anger. Her default position is sadness/distress/getting 'upset .
Therapists have long been aware that few people are able to accurately identify their emotion at any given moment.
What I have just described is a model based on Transactional Analysis , with which I am pretty familiar. I make no truth claims. I will only say that it worked for me when I was the client. It also worked for me as a manager resolving interpersonal issues ..
T.A .Has been around for about 50 years. It is not a universally accepted theory of consciousness.
If you are interested, the wiki article linked will give a broad idea. IF you want a bit more detail ,I recommend 'I'M OK, YOU"RE OK' (Thomas Harris, 1969)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transactional_analysis
Perhaps originally linked to the 'fight' part or 'flight or fight', with the 'flight 'part being triggered by fear (?)
Today open rage is not acceptable in society, and can get you locked up; Eg road rage, shooting your next door neighbour because his cat crapped in your yard, that kind of thing.
Still very much accepted in combat soldiers.
Today we call it 'anger' and it is accepted under certain circumstances.Eg in professional sports, channeled anger is considered helpful .
The so-called 'alpha male' or the counterfeit of, such as in Donald Trump are essentially very angry and fearful people.
In my society, it is acceptable for a man to show anger, but not acceptable to show fear or sadness. So we show anger as our default negative emotion.
It is acceptable fo a woman to show fear or sadness, but not anger. Her default position is sadness/distress/getting 'upset .
Therapists have long been aware that few people are able to accurately identify their emotion at any given moment.
What I have just described is a model based on Transactional Analysis , with which I am pretty familiar. I make no truth claims. I will only say that it worked for me when I was the client. It also worked for me as a manager resolving interpersonal issues ..
T.A .Has been around for about 50 years. It is not a universally accepted theory of consciousness.
If you are interested, the wiki article linked will give a broad idea. IF you want a bit more detail ,I recommend 'I'M OK, YOU"RE OK' (Thomas Harris, 1969)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transactional_analysis
