Repressed Anger

I recently read that my hiatal hernia could be caused by repressed anger. I didn't think I had any repressed anger. I'm quite vocal when I'm mad and I let lots of people know. In a calm way, I hope. Then I realized, I don't let the right people know about my anger. I'm mad about the state of the environment, about people using too much electricity, about our government conducting wars in lands where we care more about oil than we do about people and ignoring wars in lands where people really need us and the oil just isn't there. I'm mad about so many things and I just don't know what to do.

So today, while reading the NY Times, I see an ad with a list of senators to share my views with about the upcoming filibuster or nuclear option. And I sent them all an email. It may not change a thing but it is more likely to help than me complaining to my husband over the dinner table about those Republicans taking away the rights of the minority. So now I feel a little bit better. I'll have to wait and see about the hernia.