Difference Between Anger and Rage
Anger and rage are related to each other and most people do not find any hard difference between the two. Both anger and rage are emotional outbursts.
Anger is a feeling or emotion that a person has when being offended or when wronged. Rage can be considered to be an action in retaliation to the anger that a person has. Rage is a situation when a person is not able to handle their anger in a proper way.
Anger is an emotion that every person comes across. It is just a feeling like happiness or sorrow. On the other hand, Rage is an extreme expression of anger.
Anger is an emotion that a person will have for only a few moments or for a day at the most. In case this emotion persists for longer periods, then it is rage. In anger, there is no blood shed but rage could lead to blood shed.
It can also be seen that anger is considered to be healthy, whereas rage is not considered healthy. This means that a person who is angry will have the power to control the emotions. But a person having rage has no control of their emotions and it could be sometimes destructive.
Some people say that rage involves an element of anger but anger does not have the pinch of rage. Unlike anger, rage is an intricate mix of fear, desperation anger and panic.
There is also the possibility that people in a rage forget what they say and do. But an angry person knows what he does and says. Unlike anger, rage is a complete blackout of the thoughts.
Summary
- Anger is a feeling or emotion that a person has when being offended or when wronged. Rage can be considered to be an action in retaliation to the anger that a person has.
- Rage is an extreme expression of anger.
- In anger, there is no bloodshed but rage could lead to blood shed.
- Anger is considered to be healthy whereas rage is not considered healthy.
- A person who is angry will have the power to control the emotions. But a person having rage has no control of the emotions and it could be sometimes destructive.
- Unlike anger, rage is a complete blackout of the thoughts.
- Unlike anger, rage is an intricate mix of fear, desperation anger and panic.
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thanks for such a fruitful information ! best luck for future !
Very helpful. I’ve only shown real anger a mere handful of times in my life, being essentially a calm almost passive person. Recently an argument expanded to include various insults having nothing to do with the original trivial matter. Having tried to end the discussion sternly, I ended up yelling NO with an NCIS style upside the head motion, thenleft and immediately came back to my calm centered self. The arguer has since made more than one remark about my “blowing up” “exploding” etc, all to frame me as rageful. So I was happy to find this which clarifies for me that I had only a normal and short-lived emotion to provocation. Which is how I saw it to begin with. But now, if the subject continues to be a thorn in my side, I will have something to counter with.
You should never invade another person’s personal space if not invited.
That my friend really IS rage.
Just because you see Gibbs do it to “Newbee” on TV does not condone your behavior.
You need to seek forgiveness and seek anger management counseling.
Walk Away before invading someone’s personal space and striking them.
You struck that person out of anger. That is WRONG.
You could be fired in the workplace for this show of emotion.
I stumbled upon this because I was told by someone that I had a problem with rage, but yet I am told it’s okay to be angry, I know I have a problem with both, but this really shined some light on the subject of my problems. I have a lot of pint up anger and rage inside of me, and usually I let it out when I feel I have been pushed too far or I get in that ”fed up with everything” kind of mood. This makes sense to me, I was one of the many who thought that anger and rage were essentially the same thing and I am glad that I know otherwise now. Thank you for this information!
I needed help understanding my anger. I wasn’t always like this. Getting to the point, after 7 year’s a new landlord took over the apartment building I was living in and raised the rent so high leaving me no choice-I had to move back home. My life,
my friend’s, my Church and my work at the shelter were gone. My sister took me in (thank God) there’s one problem my mother lives upstairs. She drinks at nite and the next day abuse’s me (verbally) terribly. I can’t take it anymore. My generation was raised to never talk or disrespect your parent’s. There’s no talking to her about ANYTHING! I have a psychiatrist and therapist and it helps but I’m scared because I go to bed and wake up with tears and frustration. Today is Christmas morning and I just want to disappear for good. Thanks for letting me vent. Merry Christmas
I wonder what had happened since. I hope everything is okay. I came across this article in search for answers to my current situation. Although different from yours I felt the feeling is the same and I wondered if anything helps. I’ve had episodes of rage since childhood. I’ve managed to separate myself from the situation but as time passes and I build relationships, I realize (with help from therapist) it’s a symptom of another condition that I can’t run from. I have to practice being better but I’m not on any medication yet. Any advice?
By the time you pay for therapy- couldn’t you find a place of your own?
I left a mansion (I paid for) to live in a shelter due to domestic abuse.
We live in a fallen world. Your so called parent is demonic. You should water down her whiskey when she is passed out.
very nice information . keep it up.
Based on my personal experience which includes years of seeing a psychologist and back to back intensive psychological treatments in an on-site facility, I can tell you that anger is a perfectly normal expression of one’s feelings whereas rage is irrationally acting one’s anger without regards for the effect that such action may have on another person.
Often anger is caused by unrealized expectations leading to emotional hurt or feeling unloved by either another person or oneself. After years of having been a rageaholic, I came to depend on rage to justify my actions and hide my pain which had a root on being abandoned by my parents as a child. From an early age I was unable to identify the source of my pain and therefore I didn’t have the ability to deal with my anger and control my rage. It has taken me years of treatment to be able to recognize the source of my pain and the unrealized expectations of being loved by my parents. Fortunately I am now able to channel my anger in constructive ways.
My hope is that all who experience anger and the inability to deal with the resulting rage to seek help and prevent the transfer of those feelings to another generation. It is unfortunate that most insurance companies don’t cover psychological treatment when such treatment can improve the health of the individual. If anyone is suffering from anger and resorts to rage as a way to deal with the anger please seek help and have faith that you will eventually experience peace and happiness. God bless