Thanks to Beyond Blue reader Holly who posted the following comment on the combox of my post, “A Little Anger is Good.”

I think I’m at a similar place as you. I remember, before I got sidetracked in my recovery years ago, I had this inspiration that anger is an angel. This angel is a fierce one! She points a stern (not a mean) finger, and says, Something is wrong here. Pay attention. After a long time, she’s saying it again to me: pay attention. Something needs to be changed. I love this angel I call Anger. Mostly, I think, she is saying to me, You matter. It’s important to act like it. She’s helping me be more active, and more effective. I feel what’s wrong in my heart, and she tells me I must do something about it; I can’t intellectualize, as I have for so long now, and so deaden what I’m really feeling about myself or those I’m close to or what I hear and see is going on in the world.

My relationships, particularly with myself, are improving. I’m believing, in bits and pieces, that I can have the relationships I want with myself, with others and with God. Anger is showing me when I’m off track, or fooling myself about what’s really going on, and Anger is allowing me to hope.

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