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30 July 2009 @ 11:19 am

I'm starting to wonder if I will ever stop being angry. The feeling hasn't subsided; it's only grown worse as time has passed. It seethes below my thoughts, ready to spring out any time my brain is less than fully-occupied. I know that's not exactly the healthiest reaction to everything I've been through, but what *is*? Acceptance? Is it not self-compromising to accept injustice, to say that I shouldn't be angry?

I suppose if I were to become a Reader's Digest Very Special Story I'd sublimate my anger into a positive crusade to reform the judicial system into one that no longer relies blindly on provably-unreliable eyewitness testimony, but I'm far too cynical (and busy, I have a life to live, thanks) to become a crusader. But then, what DO I do with all this anger?

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siliconrose.livejournal.com on July 30th, 2009 10:00 pm (UTC)

Honestly, I'm incredibly pissed on your behalf, and I feel just as helpless.

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dragonoflife.livejournal.com on July 30th, 2009 11:20 pm (UTC)

You have much more power to cheer me up and support me than I do myself, if that helps.

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siliconrose.livejournal.com on July 31st, 2009 06:10 pm (UTC)

It does /help/, but my sense of fair play and justice has taken a severe blow. I can help you, but I can't believe that this has only happened to you. I see all the circumstances that surround your situation that conspired to make this series of events completely untenable, and they're not that uncommon.

I can help you, but I can't make your situation all better, and I can't fix the problem in general. The resulting frustration gives me figurative hives.

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dragonoflife.livejournal.com on July 31st, 2009 11:47 pm (UTC)

I suppose I had an advantage there inasmuch as I never had those senses and never believed they would come into play here.

As for your frustration... just bear in mind that this situation > this situation without you as a friend, in literally all ways at all times. I sure as hell don't discount the value of that.

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elf-fu.livejournal.com on July 31st, 2009 01:49 am (UTC)

Get in shape.

Anger is good fuel to be healthier.

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dragonoflife.livejournal.com on July 31st, 2009 02:50 am (UTC)

Time thwarts me, especially if I'm going to effectively be working 6 days a week.

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jameel.livejournal.com on July 31st, 2009 12:22 pm (UTC)

Jillian Michaels's 30-Day Shred. It's a 20 minute workout that kicks your butt.

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dragonoflife.livejournal.com on July 31st, 2009 05:28 pm (UTC)

..you intrigue me, sir. (In fairness, mostly because I know who that is.)