In support of the rage of man

[I_am_not_mafia]

bennyboy. You use the word triggered. Do you mean that literally as in something has connected with a traumatic event in your life? Because if so, your anger is a symptom of a deeper pain that needs to be healed.

No, I mean triggered along the lines of fight/flight mechanism, i.e. a deep and automatic response that once a certain critical emotional mass is arrived at, is no longer in any way under control of the individual's conscious intent.

But that also happens when you get triggered by a memory of a traumatic event. It can be difficult sometimes to recognise that you are getting triggered, especially if you don't normally have a history of it. Of course if you don't have any traumatic events in your past then obviously it's not the cause.

I'm now starting to get triggered by things but then I'm also now no longer suppressing my emotions and am starting to face up to traumatic events from my past. But before that, I would sometimes have trouble controlling my temper. That's because I've only learned to choose fight rather than flight. I suppose it wouldn't even require a traumatic event, just being raised in an environment steeped in physical violence would be enough.