Pain is an inevitable feeling that will reoccur millions of times throughout one 's life. As it reoccurs, there are many different ways that human beings express this emotion. One of the most common behaviors is approached by hiding in the shadow of an angry and violent person who will eventually shut everyone and anything out. The other most common approach is walking through the day, happy, as if life is perfect. No matter the situation pain should not dictate anyone 's life. By masking emotion with another emotion, such as hiding sadness with happiness, a person can continue their life without constantly living in their past, or present, suffering. There are many reasons that can explain how pain arose in the first place. Sometimes a situation
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According to Dr. Deborah Khoshaba, Clinical and Health Psychologist, people hide specifically with the mask of anger due to fear. She states, “Anger is here to stay, as long as we have a reason to defend ourselves.” This gives a great explanation as to why we, human beings, act the way we act. Once we feel offended we feel the need to stand up for not only ourselves, but others. This begins to show why majority of people snap so quickly once they hear something they do not particularly want to hear. They lack the knowledge of communicating or expressing their feelings to the point where the only thing left to do is use actions to ‘resolve’ problems instead of using their words. Rising numbers of fights and disputes, like the recent conflict between the police and their local population, are becoming more prevalent. Day in and day out, there is little to no effort to resolving these problems. A Buddhist practitioner and teacher, Bodhipaksa, states, “Our resistance to pain simply causes further pain- perhaps even more than we’d originally experienced.” But, there is a way to avoid concealing the pain inside and not have the fear to express personal feelings.That is by wearing a mask. Now, while anger might not be the best way to deal with pain, it is still a option of coping in such a way that the pain is not taking over one’s
According to Dr. Deborah Khoshaba, Clinical and Health Psychologist, people hide specifically with the mask of anger due to fear. She states, “Anger is here to stay, as long as we have a reason to defend ourselves.” This gives a great explanation as to why we, human beings, act the way we act. Once we feel offended we feel the need to stand up for not only ourselves, but others. This begins to show why majority of people snap so quickly once they hear something they do not particularly want to hear. They lack the knowledge of communicating or expressing their feelings to the point where the only thing left to do is use actions to ‘resolve’ problems instead of using their words. Rising numbers of fights and disputes, like the recent conflict between the police and their local population, are becoming more prevalent. Day in and day out, there is little to no effort to resolving these problems. A Buddhist practitioner and teacher, Bodhipaksa, states, “Our resistance to pain simply causes further pain- perhaps even more than we’d originally experienced.” But, there is a way to avoid concealing the pain inside and not have the fear to express personal feelings.That is by wearing a mask. Now, while anger might not be the best way to deal with pain, it is still a option of coping in such a way that the pain is not taking over one’s