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# great [[anger]] # great [[anger]]
# [[punishment]] # [[punishment]]
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-'''[[Anger]]''' is a (physiological and psychological) response to a perceived threat to self or important others, present, past, or future. The threat may appear to be real, discussed, or imagined. Anger is often a response to the [[perception]] of [[threat]] due to a physical [[conflict]], [[injustice]], [[negligence]], [[humiliation]] or [[betrayal]] among other contentions. The expression of anger can be through active or passive behaviors. In the case of "active" emotion the angry person "lashes out" verbally or physically at an intended target. When anger is a "passive" emotion it is characterized by silent sulking, passive-aggressive behavior (hostility) and tension. Humans often experience anger empathetically: for example, after reading an article about a minority experiencing racism, one may experience anger, even though she/he is not the actual victim. Anger is usually magnified and extended in time when a cognitive decision is made about the intent of the individual (or organization or object) interpreted as inflicting the pain. In other words, if one decides the pain infliction was intentional, "deliberate," the emotion is usually more intense.  
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-'''Anger''' can also be a habitual (and/or a predictable) negative response within the context of the more intimate human relationships that are found within families, or say, at the work place, or in the neighborhood (neighbors). In a sense "familiarity can breed contempt". In many ways anger is the most destructive of the human emotions relative to the short term loss of energy and creativity it can precipitate. In this way, many times, it is an "anger about being angry" that drives the increase in the angry episode's intensity. A feeling of loss of peace, energy, and creativity, drives a general feeling of loss, and grief over that lose, that can intensify the overall episode. Even the most "peaceful" of people ironically can get tripped up on anger in intimate relationships where the "letting down of the guard against fear and anger" within a supposedly "loving" and "trusting" relationship is invited, yet becomes the open pathway in a person's psyche through which unusual anger can take hold. This human relationship phenomenon can lead to the most profound and intense feelings of betrayal known to man. Thus comes the phrase that "husbands and wives are some of the most lonely people...".  
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-When people in intimate relationships are not able to accept, or live up to, the responsibility to help each other avoid anger, or deal with it functionaly if it occurs, then profound personal and relationship issues can take hold. Some parties in intimate relationships actually learn to use the other parties' tendencies toward fear and anger manipulatively. And sometimes the feeling that that kind of manipulation is happening is only imagined by an "untrusting" party in an intimate relationship. Communication and trust are usually the only ways for a party in a relationship to have a chance to know they are in a relationship where their personal interests in avoiding fear and anger are always honored by the other person.  
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-Issues of ego also have to be considered when speaking of anger. There can be a very real correlation between ones' fears and one's angers. The ego plays a hugh role in fear. Therefore ego must be seen in playing a role in anger.  
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-Many "spiritual" people like "buddhists" avoid intimate and invested personal human relationships with other individuals because a "buddhist" who "transcends" the ego can love so deeply as to actually feel responsible, or beholden, to the ego of the one they love. This can be a crippling spiritual dilemma for the otherwise blissful mind of the "buddhist". Unlike the transcending of the self-ego which can be accomplished by "self-mindfulness", the transcending of the other love's ego is an extremely complex "exercise in spirituality" which in and of itself can lead to an "ego by proxy" situation for the more "spiritual" partner. This amounts to a profound outward love interest for "the buddhist" which is a complex challenge for him to fold into his otherwise whole and blissful outlook. To excel at this "exercise in spirituality" for those we love, is nothing short of approaching godliness. 
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-==Predisposition == 
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-Common factors that can predispose one to anger include [[fatigue (physical)|fatigue]], [[hunger]], pain, [[sexual frustration]], recovery from an illness, or the use of certain [[drug]]s; [[hormonal]] changes associated with [[Premenstrual syndrome|PMS]], [[childbirth|birth]], and [[menopause]], physical [[withdrawal]], [[bipolar disorder]]. Research suggests some individuals may be genetically predisposed to higher levels of anger. However, generational behaviors relative to primary care givers' responses to anger actually have a much larger influence in "predisposition" to anger. 
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-== Intensity of anger == 
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-Many words in the English vocabulary describe various forms of anger that differ primarily by their intensity of passion and arousal. Here is a partial list, arranged in approximate order from the least to the most intense: annoyance, miffed, irritation, frustration, sulking, exasperation, offended, indignation, incensed, pissed-off, outrage, ire, livid, [[Rage (emotion)|rage]], [[fury]], ferocity, and acrimony. One of the higher forms of anger is [[wrath]], which is classified as one of the [[Seven Deadly Sins]] in [[Catholicism]]. 

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wrath

  1. great anger
  2. punishment
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