Why do some people react with anger or tears when they faced with the truth?
Why do some people react with anger or tears when faced with the truth?
Why do some people cry when they're really angry?
I do this.
And it's something that's bothered me for as long as I can remember.
What I've noticed about myself is that I can get irritated, frustrated, or angry—very angry—to the point where I am just holding myself back from absolutely whaling on the source of my anger. Or at least, give ’em one good strike across the face and cuss at ’em like there's no tomorrow.
I haven't gotten that angry in a while, but in every scenario where I get angry I almost never fail to cry. Anger is a difficult and confusing emotion for me to handle, and mostly it is because I am unable to express it adequately in words. Either I lack the vocabulary or knowledge to do so, or I lack the rationality/focus to string together the necessary words into a coherent sentence. This triggers an overwhelming frustration within because unlike my opposition, I can't fight back, and it makes me feel powerless.
So I cry.
I cry because I'm insanely frustrated. Because I can't speak up for myself like they can and never learned how to (perhaps I wasn't ever given the chance due to how I was raised). Because they're getting the better of me and hurting my pride. Because never mind speaking up—I can't speak PERIOD. Because my immediate instinct when angry is to be violent and that's unacceptable. Because it's not acceptable to hit people. Because what they're saying is wrong. Because I can't recall any facts to defend my position and prove them wrong. Because if I start swearing it'll most likely exacerbate the situation instead of getting the other person to back down like I'd like it to and in turn make it worse for me. Because they can get angry and sound important and I can't. Because it's not fair. Et cetera, et cetera…
I guarantee a variation of this list is going through my head when I cry of anger. I suppose I never honed my communication skills in that area so my ability to process the emotion of anger is not unlike that of a child. For better or for worse, I haven't had much success in progressing past that stage and becoming more articulate.
The point is, when someone cries in anger, frustration is probably the main culprit here. They're personally feeling attacked/hurt/intimidated and at a loss for the right words to say. It's killing them inside. When you can no longer express yourself, you are at a disadvantage. Crying is the last-ditch response because at this point, you're past anger and all the defenses you had up. You've failed to hold them up and recognized that you've lost dominance/control over the situation. Now you're vulnerable and your vulnerability is all you have left to offer. When you're vulnerable and up to your neck in frustration with yourself and the person in front of you, you cry. Simple as that.
Why do people get angry when we say the truth?
Because often, the truth seems ugly on the outside but beautiful only on the inside, and most people don't like what appears ugly on the outside, no matter how beautiful it is on the inside, so they get angry when you tell and show them that.
But if one is telling someone that they look ugly on the outside, without knowing their soul's inner beauty, and if that's their truth, then those who are telling it are the real ugly ones. One shouldn't tell anyone anything that can hurt them. We are all so full of flaws, and that's the truth. The real truth that liberates us is always beautiful, no matter how ugly it appears to those who hate and get mad at it.
Unfortunately some people, people with narcissistic personality disorder, will go most of their adult lives and never face the truth about themselves. The reason for this is the narcissist has created a false persona to cover up their otherwise fragile ego. If the narcissist were to be confronted with the truth of who they are, what they have done to others ,and how their life has turned out, it would send them into narcissistic collapse, destroying their ego, and carefully crated facade