ABSTRACT
Many people have problems expressing anger, or even acknowledging that they feel it. They view anger as an “evil” emotion and don’t want to admit to themselves or others that they harbor such a feeling. However, when anger isn’t acknowledged or processed and its origin is not understood, it invariably develops into neurotic defense mechanisms such as denial, projection, displacement, reaction formation, or repression. In the case of artists, unacknowledged anger also translates into blocked creativity. In the case of therapy, it leads to resistance to the treatment and to the therapist.
