A hot, energised activation — often arrives with a sense of injustice, violation, or blocked need. Anger is one of the more informationally reliable feelings because it almost always points at something specific — a crossed limit, an unmet need, or a repeated pattern that has finally broken through. The signal is real and worth taking seriously. The work is locating *which* need is underneath it before acting from the energy of the feeling itself. Distinct from [[Resentful]], which is anger that has accumulated over time without being expressed or addressed. Distinct from [[Irritable]], which is lower-grade and more diffuse. ## What it commonly points toward - [[Need - Reciprocity]] - [[Need - To Be Seen]] - [[Need - Autonomy]] - [[Need - Mutuality]] - [[Need - Understanding]] - [[Need - Fairness]] - [[Need - Integrity]] ## Working with this feeling Anger contains genuine information and deserves to be read rather than suppressed or immediately discharged. The most useful question is: *what limit was crossed, or what need was violated, that produced this feeling?* Acting from the energy of anger directly — before that question is answered — tends to address the surface rather than the actual need, and often creates new problems without resolving the original one. ## The resentment risk Anger that is repeatedly suppressed or accommodated rather than addressed tends to become [[Resentful]] — heavier, more narrative-laden, and harder to work with cleanly. Addressing anger when it first arrives, even imperfectly, is generally better than allowing it to accumulate. ## Related feelings [[Resentful]] | [[Irritable]] | [[Withdrawn]] [[Disconnected]] | [[Afraid]] ## Related notes [[The Pause Protocol]] | [[Feelings & Needs MOC]] [[Need - Reciprocity]] | [[Need - Fairness]]