People who consider anger as "bad" tend to ignore it in others and suppress it within themselves. To them, it's an "unacceptable" emotion that they wish would disappear -- fast. However, their inability to accept angry feelings usually leads to larger problems than if they had initially dealt with them.
To begin with, suppressing anger over a long period of time can lead to all kinds of physical illnesses: ulcers, heart disease, gastrointestinal disorders, and immune system dysfunction. In addition, hidden anger plays havoc with a person's emotional well-being. When an individual doesn't talk about his or her real feelings and pretends that everything is fine when it really isn't, that person is living a pseudo-life rather than a genuine life. An important part of being human gets disected from the person's normal range of emotions, leaving the person with only a partial range of emotions. This is bound to have an effect on relationships and the quality of a person's life.
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