The Nuance

Inside Your Brain’s Complicated Relationship With Anger

Anger does not look, act, or feel like other negative emotions. Therein lies its power.

Illustration by Kieran Blakey for Elemental

Writing nearly 2,000 years ago, the Roman philosopher Seneca described anger as “fundamentally wicked” and fit only for suppression. The doctrinal texts of Christianity, Judaism, and…