Rage! Why it can be a good thing (seriously)

Rage Why it can be a good thing (seriously)Rage Why it can be a good thing (seriously)Holy f*cking anger. It beats against the inner wall of your chest like it will either melt you from the inside or blow open your sternum altogether. Its beyond anger. Its rage.Rage from injustice. Rage from unfairness. Rage because it doesnt matter, but should. Rage because its bedrngnis right. Just, rage.Anger, rage, its intense. Its powerful. And its not a feeling that we let cycle through our emotions very often. We suppress and meditate and tell ourselves not to be angry. And definitely not to let the anger turn to rage.Anger isnt high on my list of feelings. It actually took years before I would even let myself experience that feeling because I hardly knew how to recognize it. And then I had to learn how to handle it when it did rear hot in my life.I got pretty good at handling it. So I knew that when I woke up from my second rage dream in a matter of weeks something was going on. And yes, appa rently rage dreams are a thing.I was so blistering angry in my dream I can still feel my heart pumping from it now. It was like I couldnt scream loud enough. I couldnt break and throw enough things. And I wanted out of my own body because I was so angry in my dream. Naturally, I woke up and was like holy heck whats going on here (and then promptly Googled meaning of rage dreams to which I got about a million results that said there is no meaning youre just angry. Pretty simple. Ha).Suppressed anger huh? Ok. Ok. Ok. I knew what I was angry about. But I didnt want to be angry because I wanted it to all be fine. I wanted it over. I wanted to move on from the situation. But clearly, I was so mad I was having multiple rage dreams.So I started asking questions. What am I feeling? Why? Why? Why? Those questions led me to my truth. And that truth led me to an outcome Im so proud of. Real proud of.This is the nature of rage. Just like a blazing fire, the intense heat can purify us. If we le t it move through us without letting it destroy, rage can be the alchemy of new understanding. So if youre feeling RAGE, feel it. Ask whats going on. Eventually, youll get clarity. You just might have to get a little angry first.Maxie McCoy is a writer and speaker obsessed with giving women the tools they need to believe in themselves. Committed to the global rise of women, she writes weekly inspiration onmaxiemccoy.comand specializes in creating offline experiences for top brands. Her work has been featured on Good Morning America, Bustle, Fortune, INC, Womens Health, and more. Her forthcoming bookYoure Not Lost An Inspired Action Plan for Finding Your Own Waywill be published by TarcherPerigee of Penguin Random House.Thisarticlefirst appeared onMaxieMcCoy.com.