Untreated chronic anger tends to escalate over time. The escalation happens because the underlying emotions the anger is covering do not resolve on their own. They accumulate. Each new experience of hurt, frustration, or helplessness adds to the reservoir of unprocessed material, and the anger has to grow louder to keep it all suppressed. A person who started with occasional irritability five years ago may now be dealing with explosive rage. The progression feels like the anger has taken on a life of its own, but it is actually following a predictable trajectory: more suppressed emotion produces more anger to contain it.
For adults near Boynton Beach who have noticed this escalation in their own lives, Dr. David Steinbok's practice in Boca Raton, Florida offers psychodynamic therapy that addresses the accumulation at its source. A therapist who understands why someone is angry all the time does not focus on reducing the volume of the anger. The work is about draining the reservoir underneath so that the anger no longer has as much to protect against.
