As a follow-up to my previous question about the denial of anger, what is your experience of people coming for help from deep injustices against them. Are they, on the average, actually more angry than they realize at least as they begin forgiving?
Yes, you have an excellent insight here. I find that people over time become aware that they have been harboring more anger than they realized when they started the forgiveness process. This is one reason why forgiveness interventions are so valuable. People start the process because they see the negative effects inside of them, yet there are deeper effects than they first realize. The forgiveness process helps uncover this extra anger and then provides a statistically significant way of reducing that anger, as well as other negative effects such as anxiety or low-self-esteem.
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