unsettled. Anger can bring out unkind parts. The parts of you that are unsettled and unwell. Like your unmerited irritability with a receptionist. Or the flares of judgment with strangers. These moments are pointing to something that needs your attention inside. Journal Prompt: I experience my unsettled and unwell parts when…

passive. Anger often takes the passive aggressive route, which is to say it shows up indirectly and not toward what you are truly angry about. Like sometimes the trash bag doesn't fit the can correctly and rage shows up. Rage that more fittingly is toward the boundaries that were not respected yesterday. Journal Prompt: ...receives my passive aggressive anger.

Underneath. Anger positions itself over unearthed emotions. Like disappointment, how it hides behind resentment. Like loneliness, how it loiters inside aggression. Journal Prompt: Under my anger is…