Anger!

Is anger actually an emotion?  Somebody told me the once that is was an expression, but not an actual emotion.  I’m not 100% sure I believe it’s true, but it does seem to have some sense behind it.  When I asked what the person meant when she said it was an expression she simply asked me, “what makes you angry?” At that point in time my answer was “frustration.”

“There you go,” she continued, “frustration is the emotion you feel and anger the way in which you express it.”

So, how exactly can you define the expression of anger?  Is it a form of violence?  They may not make sense either.  If we take, for example, a hockey game, the players are energized, the puck goes in, the crowd goes wild.  Jumping, screaming, hitting.  All acts associated with an expression of anger, yet it’s not, it’s joy.

Is it safe to say that we can question whether anger exists at all? Of course we feel the rage of a situation and go into our fits, but when we stop and analyze, are we capable of getting “angry.”