Anger

Where does anger come from? Everywhere. Who does anger affect? Everyone. OK OK so I watch waaay too much TV and now I am using 'the depression commercial' as my opening line...someone cut me off already!

Seriously though, I've been examining negativity and anger for awhile now. I've been particularly examining how contagious it is. The one thing I can't figure out is where does it exactly start? I mean people get angry. Your parents, your children, your siblings, your friends, your colleagues. But, then there are another type of people who just are angry. Sure, like any human being they have spans of happiness (or what seems like happiness) but then BAM! at the drop of a dime (or one uneasy step) that happiness is shattered. This is when the razor sharp quips, the brooding, the opinions, the almost uncontrollable rage, sets in. Where the hell does that come from?! Why does it feel so good and so bad all at the same time? It's almost as if its another person. Like a little ugly, angry, loser that is sitting in you (or them), and every now and then decides to take over your body.

Women mostly blame these feelings or these fits of acting out on PMS or menopause or their pain in the ass husband. Granted, these are all valid arguments, but that's not the root of it...men are just as angry! I guess I'm trying to find the root and kill it not only in myself, but in those around me. This is a difficult task when almost everyone you encounter makes you just want to disappear. I guess its because talking about how angry everyone is seems kind of hopeless. How do you kill the root of anger in someone else if its also brewing in you? How do you even begin to address the subject without creating enemies of those you love? How do you not address the subject and continue to operate around people that you feel less and less comfortable around?