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Originally Posted by MTVN
I think anxiety can manifest itself as anger but that doesn't mean anger is always the product of anxiety. Anger is a legitimate emotion in its own right which can sometimes be valid and sometimes be a problem. There are time when anger can actually do a lot of good. When it becomes a problem I think there can be many reasons for that and only some of them will be driven by anxiety
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Yes but there's a difference between healthy situational anger and outbursts of rage; that's what I mean in the dog example. Dogs are not capable of the complex human experience that you're talking about here as anger. I'd also argue that the type of anger you're talking about is not one emotion but a confluence of several possible emotions; frustration, pride, protectiveness etc.
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