Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 1:43
Why Anger Makes Us Susceptible to Misinformation
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When studies have shown that's actually not the case. Even when people are presented with posts or information, that is in contrast to what they believe, they often just ignore it and still choose not to believe it. And so I think this study is really interesting in regards to why we are seeing this proliferation of susceptibility and belief in information that is not backed by facts or objective truths
Greg Dickson
@ElasticBD · 3:50
The situation is from a more detached perspective, and then calmly and cautiously and methodically choose how we're going to respond to what we're experiencing, to what's going on. So anger is always a problem
So if Scott grew up seeing their parents always using anger to justify actions that were abrupt or are considered, I don't know, like, for instance, yelling or throwing the dishes on the ground or something like that, then most likely Scott will learn to deal with their anger in the same way
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@Swell · 0:15
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 3:56
If I felt angry, it was my fault if I was angry, and in the process of me discovering that and doing some healing around it, I realized that anger can actually be a really useful emotion that identifies when our boundaries have been crossed or when righteousness anger, when something has happened that needs to be corrected, or that we need to make sure we no longer expose ourselves to certain kinds of harm, which was so enlightening for me as someone who was socialized to be afraid of my own anger
That's her degree, and she worked in kindergarten and preschool for a really long time. So when I came into the world, I was really lucky that I had my mom as a preschool teacher, basically. And so whenever I would get really angry or really sad or whatever it was, and I, for instance, I couldn't stop crying. I was having just so many emotions pour out of me
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 3:25
And I think a question I just sit with when I read things like this study is, how do we educate people? It needs to start from that early age, like when you were telling the story about your mom. I just think, what if everyone had a mom like that? What if everyone had the experience of learning how to identify their emotions and also show compassion for themselves and figure out how to communicate that because we can't give to others what we don't have in ourselves. Right
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 1:40
I also just wanted to add something that you said in the beginning of this, which is about, you know, anger not being inherently negative. And yeah, just for me personally, I've seen how not being able, able to feel and acknowledge my anger actually made me much more vulnerable and susceptible to abuse and abusive people. And realizing through the healing process that actually anger was essential in order to rightfully protect myself and trust my feeling of a situation or a relationship
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 1:48
And this conversation has been a reminder to me that part of doing this work starts with you and by you, I mean, me, everyone. I've been trying to be really careful of that when I say you I mean, the general you starts with us and then extends outwards. And I think of so many people who were an example for me before I could even learn how to be fully there for myself. That's something I'm really taking away from this conversation. So thank you
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