What's Behind Our Collective Anger?

Anger is all around us. We see manifestations of anger and rage being played out on TV on YouTube, and social media. Or maybe you saw it on the road you’re driving on listening to this podcast? There seems to be a pull towards being angry and we’re feeling it.  Today we are doing something different. Joining us are some of our staff members. We are called Bounce Back Generation, with an emphasis on the generations part because our staff is mostly made up of young people. They are learning about the science of trauma, personal growth, and emotional resilience, and most of our content and tools are created by them. We are lucky to have older generations of experts who work with us and one such expert is Whitney Green a licensed therapist who counsels teens. She presented us with some deep insights about anger. Did you know that anger is a secondary emotion? It’s there to cover another emotion, one that may be too vulnerable to reveal.  Our staff participants are Elijah, Nasser, Liam, Paloma, and Shankel who you also heard from at the top of the show. If you are a young person you might see yourself in some of the expressions of anger we are going to talk about. If you’re an adult, a parent, or anyone who works with young people you might get some insight into how youth are having to process the anger that is pervasive in our culture.