I appreciate the relationship between anger and depression. I was a very angry child - but angry young boys are not tolerated. I became a depressed young boy instead, and the world seemed much happier with that.
Recognizing that you're saturated in an emotion is definitely important. It is difficult to even notice, but stepping back from it an analyzing it (through therapy, meditation, counseling, friendship) is really all we have. It's a constant task to have moments of self-awareness that the emotion has taken control. That in itself can breed resentment.
I haven't really found a cure for these things, but strangely they are not all negative. I think people who can manage some distance from these types of emotions are extraordinarily empathetic.
I feel like I went through a similar experience growing up; Any angry outburst was met with harsh punishment.
I remember reading somewhere that depression can sometimes be the result of repressing anger, which we may have needed to do to survive growing up and is now a bad habit we hang on to.
Recognizing that you're saturated in an emotion is definitely important. It is difficult to even notice, but stepping back from it an analyzing it (through therapy, meditation, counseling, friendship) is really all we have. It's a constant task to have moments of self-awareness that the emotion has taken control. That in itself can breed resentment.
I haven't really found a cure for these things, but strangely they are not all negative. I think people who can manage some distance from these types of emotions are extraordinarily empathetic.