Quotes About Suppressing Anger

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“If were constantly suppressing our strong, heavy emotions - like fear and anger and outrage and sadness - it weakens us. But when were not afraid to confront the hard emotions - when we dont turn away from the pain and the suffering of the world - it builds the confidence that we can do whatever we need to do.”
— Tim DeChristopher —

“Physical symptoms such as muscle tension, back problems, stomach distress, constipation, diarrhea, headaches, obesity or maybe even hypertension can be caused by suppressing your emotions. Suppressed anger may also cause you to overreact to people and situations or to act inappropriately. Unexpressed anger can cause you to become irritable, irrational, and prone to emotional outbursts and episodes of depression.”

— Beverly Engel

“When you start suppressing feelings at an early age, it hurts you down the road. Full expression of anger and pain is very important.”

— Andrew Shue

“I think that all the anger and cynicism comes from suppressing things that we always wanted.”

— John Lee Hancock

“Just by breathing deeply on your anger, you will calm it. You are being mindful of your anger, not suppressing it ... touching it with the energy of mindfulness. You are not denying it at all. When I speak about this to psychotherapists, I have some difficulty. When I say that anger makes us suffer, they take it to mean that anger is something negative to be removed. But I always say that anger is an organic thing, like love. Anger can become love. Our compost can become a rose. If we know how to take care of our compost ... Anger is the same. It can be negative when we do not know how to handle it, but if we know how to handle our anger, it can be very positive. We do not need to throw anything away, (50).”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

“When we're feeling fully alive, we're able to fully feel love. This doorway also relates to feeling our feelings fully. Not suppressing our feelings of anger, sadness or grief but allowing them to be felt. What's amazing is that when those feelings are felt, they actually dissolve into love.”

— Marci Shimoff

“If we're constantly suppressing our strong, heavy emotions - like fear and anger and outrage and sadness - it weakens us. But when we're not afraid to confront the hard emotions - when we don't turn away from the pain and the suffering of the world - it builds the confidence that we can do whatever we need to do.”

— Tim DeChristopher