Comments on: Anger, anxiety and trusting God

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:48:40 +0000

Yes… It’s very embarrassing for me to admit but yes, the total reason why I get so angry so much is that I forgot to trust God. I am very busy with the house chores, the kids, the planning and budgeting that I totally forgot about God. Thank you so much for sharing… I am so happy I came across this site! More powers and keep inspiring others.

By: Admitting that I can’t do it all…or even half of it : Conversion Diary

Admitting that I can’t do it all…or even half of it : Conversion Diary — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:55:19 +0000

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By: Dr Ben Mead @ Counselling Guildford

Dr Ben Mead @ Counselling Guildford — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:54:14 +0000

Jennifer, loved your post, just a shame i didnt see it earlier! It’s really intersting how such bizarre experiences can bring us closer to God. Anger, anxiety and depression are the three core, primitive emotions. The emotions that God gave us – all other emotions are connected to these. I’ve often wondered if these emotions are sometimes there to communicate with him – to allow him to hear us. Maybe this is a bit far fetched, but the power of these emotions does intrigue me sometimes…..!

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:40:52 +0000

Yes, Jennifer; anger can be “cathartic” … a spiritual director says sometimes it’s good to ‘let it out’ rather than suppressing…so long as
we aren’t hurting someone by our anger; sometimes in our frustrations over life; we get angry. (angry with ourselves mostly) I also read that anger is a human emotion…that stems from ‘being hurt’ … it’s normal to feel anger. It’s a human emotion. Even Jesus got so angry he overturned the tables in the temple. Sometimes we do have ‘righteous anger’ / anger over
how another is being treated, and standing up firmly in their defense,
anger at the sins of humanity (the actions of, not the persons) Anger such
as this ‘expressed in a calm verbal way but with passion’ would be of the
same type as Jesus who stood up for His Father’s house (in my opinion)

You make a good point on seeing ‘why’ we get angry…and if what we are angry about isn’t in our control (stuck in traffic, lost, not being kinder to ourselves for being human)You are correct; a short prayer, Jesus, provide me peace; I trust in you.

Another something I read…when feeling ‘anxious’ over life and it’s frustrations…read the Psalms. Particularly the Lamentation Psalms. WOW…
some the words those authors expressed were really ANGER and VENTING to God. God knows we have to vent sometimes…but it was suggested to me, that if feeling ‘anger’ … read these psalms and ‘pray about our
human-ness’ and how God sees us. He KNOWS our HEART sometimes better than we do. As long as our anger doesn’t turn to HATRED for another or others;
God is ok with some ‘venting’ / not always but don’t be too hard on yourself. GOD KNOWS YOUR HEART…and just that ‘you do feel bad’ for the anger says more about who you are than a few temporal words.

Just my 2 cents.

By: anxiety remedy

anxiety remedy — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:22:18 +0000

One should try to control their anger and anxiety. There are other ways to curb panic and anxiety attacks.

Some other natural anxiety remedies to look into are St.John's Wort, SAMe, L-Theanine, and Tryptophan. There's also cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and programs like Panic Away and The Linden Method, to name a few. Hope this helps!

By: 'Becca

'Becca — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:17:00 +0000

Great article! I’ve been thinking hard about it for the past month and have connected it with other things I’ve learned about anger and conflict. I just worked it into an article–see link behind my name. (I don’t take comments on my site, but if you have comments I’d love to hear from you at becca@earthlingshandbook.org)

Your site is a great inspiration to me as a religious convert (Unitarian to Episcopal), and I think some of your articles are quite helpful for secular self-improvement. Keep up the good work!

By: allyouwhohope

allyouwhohope — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:15:00 +0000

You have no idea how that helped me. I have to admit that I don’t trust God at all, and my anger is directed at him. I’m dealing with infertility and after reading this I realize my lack of trust is really eating away at me. It’s hardening my heart and pushing me away from God, even though I think I am being faithful, attending Mass, praying, etc. But if I don’t truly trust him, none of that matters. My problem is I don’t know how to actually turn things over to him. Anyways, thank you.

By: Kiwi Nomad 2006

Kiwi Nomad 2006 — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:13:00 +0000

Describes me to scarily well… the ‘efforts’ to solve, the ‘failure’ the seeming lack of a solution.. the sadness.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts Jen.

By: Abigail

Abigail — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:03:00 +0000

Just the post I needed to read tonight, as I try to recover my equilibrium after completely falling off my meekness pledge yesterday. A teething child, a rough day, none of it explains why I was suddenly hollering like a Fishmongers wife to my husband about who should walk our dog.(The things I choose to get mad about are always so dumb!)

The temper thing- really humbling about how hard I'm finding too rid it's effects from my soul. Last night, about two hours later than I should have started, I knelt and prayed using your "dropping the wolf's ear" image. I got clear enough to imagine putting myself at the foot of the cross and imagined that every angry word was a hammer into Christ's wounds. That got me feeling sincere enough to offer a real appology to my husband.

It's so embarrasing to have such a weakness that hurts my family to this extent.

I'm encouraged by Kristen's comment that the when we try to close the gates of sin, that is when they feel the most heavy.

Keep up your good work and good posts on this subject!

By: La gallina

La gallina — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:22:00 +0000

Thanks for the insight!

Now, about the details… We are dying to know where you ended up that evening!:)