Anger is Energy! Michelle Loucadoux

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Write When You’re Angry. Here’s Why.

But, wait until you’re calm to edit

Aug 12, 2021

I was incensed. I had just finished reading a story on Medium by a writer who creates content under a pseudonym. But, instead of using that pseudonym for the purposes of anonymity, he uses his actual photos (of his face) in his articles. My brain screamed. What an idiot! This makes no sense! Has anyone heard of facial recognition software? That defeats the whole point of a pen name!

Instead of internally stewing for hours, though, I decided to do something I call “writing it out.” I took to my keyboard and typed furiously until I had laid out all of my angry thoughts. I included my reasons to justify my frustration over this cocky writer, and I had wrapped it up in an oh-so-popular paragraph full of takeaways for the reader.

When I was finished, I felt a little better. I felt less angry and more…vindicated. My “writing it out” process had helped me process my anger. And my anger fueled my writing in a few other ways. My anger made me more creative, it gave me energy, and it helped me create a passionate narrative. In short, my anger helped my writing process.

I truly believe that writing when we’re angry about something is one of the best things we can do. And, in my experience, this practice has proven to be both significantly profitable and cathartic at the same time. Here’s why I think you should write when you’re angry.

Anger is energy

Many people think anger is just an emotion. It’s not. According to Dr. Scott Haas in Psychology Today, “Anger is instead a reaction to other primary feelings that the angry individual ignores with or without insight. Ultimately, it is a carapace, a surface reaction, which makes external or dramatic the nitty-gritty that goes unaddressed.”

So, what does that all mean? That means that underneath anger lies something else. But that anger cover is pretty powerful. It is the movement driven by something you may or may not be aware is riding underneath the surface. And what better way to get to the bottom of what is going on in your life than to write it out?

There’s a reason we want to punch and kick things like a three-year-old when we’re angry.