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Old 12-25-2009, 11:15 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Christmas Abnormal-Psychology Quesion

Does this person have an anger problem:

It's Christmas day, a person opening a package with the family. The package that is obviously a gag gift. wrapped a whole buncha times by its giver, a younger sibling, is lightly taunting the older sibling about how hard he has made it for his brother, he is very proud of the job he did.

The brother was, in turn, lightly annoyed by the package and this youngster tittling at him, and continues with the scissors.

Here's the thing, when the older brother opens the package and takes out the present, one of those here's what could be heard on the video, "All that for-?--WHAP" a quiet WHAP, yet enough, to hit the little sibling in the upper lip. And outcries of "what the hell?" and "Oww, jeez! you threw a piece of cardboard at him sideways at his head sideways!!". The older sibling is instantly guilt stricken before the yelling started and quiet until asked to apologize, which he does, quite meaningfully.

But the problem is that he's a peaceful kid, and was doing it to add to his brother's joking around, and assuming that the cardboard wasn't there, expecting to be tossing a piece of paper. Oops!

Except but the little brother told him that explanation himself, a few minutes later, shrugging the whole thing off for himself and everyone else there.


So, is he an angry person?


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Old 12-26-2009, 02:48 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Yes, he's an angry person.

With an Oedipus Complex, obviously.
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Old 12-26-2009, 04:14 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I don't think one example is enough to assess whether the person has an anger problem.

If he smacked the sibling in jest to get back at him for the gag, and only unintentionally hurt him because of the cardboard, I don't think he has an anger problem.

If he was genuinely angry and meant to smack him good, then I'd say maybe he has an anger problem, but also not necessarily. Just because someone wants to play a joke on you, doesn't mean you will take it well. Even if it is Christmas.

Hope that helped, not sure what the point of this question was though.
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Old 12-26-2009, 06:37 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Does this person have an anger problem...a younger sibling, is lightly taunting the older sibling about how hard he has made it for his brother
...that's the key...provoking. The younger brother was "lightly taunting" about how hard he has made it for his older brother. Whether in the form of a gag gift or whatever, it's called provoking when someone jokes about something that has been deeply hurtful to someone else.

"The ugliness we see in others is a reflection of our own nature." ~unknown

...so my answer is "no", he's not an angry person. He was reacting to provocation.

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Old 12-26-2009, 01:28 PM   #5 (permalink)
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yet he had sought to add to his his brother's humour by throwing a piece of paper at him, intending for it to land in the brother's lap? Provocation is spot on, Shell, and yet a psychologist, and the family itself might think differently of the situation.


I just thought this was an interesting question that brought up a lot of social and moral questions relating to religion and "societal anger suppression". But since we don't have a psychology section for me to post it in...
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Old 12-26-2009, 01:37 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I don't think one example is enough to assess whether the person has an anger problem.
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