{"id":2523,"date":"2020-09-30T11:42:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T11:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/article\/im-angry-about-the-injustices-i-see-around-me\/"},"modified":"2023-06-26T17:29:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T21:29:04","slug":"im-angry-about-injustices-i-see-around-me","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/es\/content\/im-angry-about-injustices-i-see-around-me\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m angry about the injustices I see around me"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anger is a normal, valid, and often adaptive response to frustrating situations. It’s not always the demon it\u2019s often made out to be. But anger\u2014even righteous anger\u2014can quickly become self-destructive if not processed carefully.<\/p>\n

In this guide, we discuss where anger comes from, how to understand your own anger, and how to use anger as motivation for healing. Healing from anger is very different from ignoring or stuffing it down.<\/p>\n

Whether your anger is a response to everyday life\u00a0or to systemic justices, anger can be used to inspire healing and motivate you to make a change. But it’s important to remember that it shouldn’t be on you to solve the world’s problems alone\u2014the pressure is on the entire system to change.<\/p>\n

We will stop being angry about injustice in America, especially injustice toward communities of color, when there is fundamental positive change toward equality and fair treatment.<\/p>\n

Anger can be useful<\/h2>\n

Negative emotions signal that a change is necessary. In whatever way we can, we want to change our lived experience to decrease the sadness, frustration, loneliness, or anger that we feel. Most of these negative emotions trigger an\u00a0avoidance<\/em>\u00a0response, meaning an increased motivation to escape obstacles or situations. Anger, on the other hand, triggers an\u00a0approach<\/em>\u00a0response, meaning an increased motivation to\u00a0overcome<\/strong>\u00a0obstacles or change situations.<\/p>\n

Because of anger\u2019s\u00a0motivational\u00a0capacity, anger is often a\u00a0useful<\/em>\u00a0emotion that results in:<\/p>\n