Are You an Anger Person, a Grief Person, or a Fear Person?
What Chinese Medicine has to say about our default.
As a kid, fear of other people’s anger was my soundtrack. The refrain was a remix of dread, guilt, and shame.
Regardless of specifics and regardless of whether there were specifics to speak of, I spent more nights than not feeling: Things are out of control. I am responsible. I need to keep watch.
Existing in this place, I was unable to discern fear of o…