the purpose of anger

I had a pediatric patient once ask me "What are feelings? 
Why are they called that?" And I told her I had not a clue.

Maybe feelings are emotions that are so strong, 
we actually feel them in our body.

Maybe they are where our thoughts actually turn into forms.

If someone really want to explore it, there is a great post on Wikipedia here.

I guess I never really went about trying to have feelings.

Just avoid them.  Or just have the "Good" ones. Obviously!

We all want a life of only that. 
What a set-up for failure and disaster that type of thinking is.

No one likes to get their feelings hurt.
You can actually feel it happen inside when it does.

And we maybe try to only "let our anger out" when it is justified.

Or so we tell ourselves.

In some cultures, "going mad" is a type of insanity. 

Maybe anger and rage are moments of reactive insanity.

Obsessive behaviour is said to be in the realm of passive anger! (a link)

And overt displays of anger - like rage or bullying -
 are obviously more aggressive.

Maybe anger is an attempt to get someone to do something....

Maybe God or god or the Universe (call it what you will).

I've read somewhere that all feelings and emotions 
can be traced to either fear, or Love.
If it isn't Love - it is fear.

Also, depression is more associated with the past....

And anxiety is more associated with the future....

Sometimes it seems mixed. 
For example, a person might seem depressed about the future.

But only when they base their future projections - on past results!

(Neither of which exist, by the way... There's only "Now."
But that's another story for another day.)

So yeah, what is the purpose of anger?

Why am I amazed when people eat to cope?

Or drink. Food-drunk (link) 

Or work-out to death. Maybe all kinds of judgements 

exist about good coping skills, and what is acceptable.... or healthy.

Coping skills and defense mechanisms. And anger and fear.

Oh, My!

And here we are, fooled by randomness.

Or not!

Still, here in the blogs, we focus on our behavior mostly.

And outcome.... I suppose behavior could be a symptom of intention.

Well, I guess we all are doing the best we can.

Even if that's not very good at any given time.

So I am finally learning to be more understanding.

And maybe be a little more kind....

And I get over my mini-meltdowns quicker.

Its like being tempted by chocolate, for example.

Maybe we'll always be tempted, but won't always yield to the cravings.

Maybe the cravings will go away. (And maybe they won't.)

Maybe we think they have, but they show up in another form.

One that we think serves our purpose better.

And we know we have gotten really good at fooling ourselves.

A better strategy might be to find out what our purpose is!?

To better understand our inconsistent attempts. Maybe our

real purpose does not line up with our stated one.

Hence the conflict and inconsistency.

Sorry if it's too deep or thought provoking.

Weight-loss brings up such "heavy" topics!

Hope you are having a great day!

It really is all good!