Anecdote: I thought I didn’t get angry. My wife identified a spectrum of emotions, the upper end of which she said was anger, such that I found it obvious I had the middle often enough and the upper sometimes. I did not previously identify the upper as “angry” but on reflection I noted that many others definitely seem to. The lower end of this spectrum looks more like “frustration” than anything else.
To build off of your comment here, the idea that “anger can feel good” is a phrase where the meaning of individual words depends heavily on one’s direct experience, personal background and cultural context.
Anecdote: I thought I didn’t get angry. My wife identified a spectrum of emotions, the upper end of which she said was anger, such that I found it obvious I had the middle often enough and the upper sometimes. I did not previously identify the upper as “angry” but on reflection I noted that many others definitely seem to. The lower end of this spectrum looks more like “frustration” than anything else.
I like the idea of making emotions continuous or a spectrum but I don’t think a single linear one will do.
for example, anger can feel good—if it works (I can’t say that from personal experience so much as from observation from kids).
To build off of your comment here, the idea that “anger can feel good” is a phrase where the meaning of individual words depends heavily on one’s direct experience, personal background and cultural context.