Anger we are led to believe by some, is a dubious emotion loaded with guilt and danger. It is something to be avoided if at all possible, and when expressed is seen somewhat like a failing of control.

I think anger is very healthy and is only damaging when misunderstood or experienced in large prolonged doses. I find that when angry I either mis-handle it because I am afraid of myself or I use it to good effect in channeling the energy elsewhere.

To misunderstand anger is to fail to see that it is usually always attached to some other emotion and does not stand on its on. It is usually the attached emotion that tells the clearer story of whats really going on.

There is of course just plain anger at something that has been done and that is unacceptable. Some might call this justifiable anger. We are taught that there is no such thing as justifiable anger because every act has a reason behind it that can be explained by some kind of failing of the individual. Therefore we should never be angry with that person. This sort of thing has caused many people to squash their anger down for so long and so hard that it lost within the personality and runs riot among the emotions.

For my own part I often get caught in the middle between experiencing pure anger just because something awful has been done, to me or others, and trying to reason it away. And between enjoying the rage as a righteous right of any free man.  We live in a society that has forgotten how to be angry in the right place. The journey into anger is a necessary and worthwhile one. I am learning to embrace anger, not as a dubious luxury, but as an emotional necessity.