Basically, I've become a bitter/angry person. I would like anyone to contribute anything they can about bitterness and anger, including what your religion says about bitterness/anger.
My religion doesn't say anything about bitterness and I guess anger is a good thing, but I've noticed these emotions can be destructive. For example, I've gone through a particularly angry/bitter period the last couple weeks and I've gained ten of the twenty pounds I lost this winter. Moreover, I've had insomnia, and I've started taking more sleeping pills and other drugs.
It's almost like I get high on these emotions then I have withdrawls.
The only wisdom I can contribute to this discussion is researchers have found the more you give in to anger the more likely you will give in to anger again. This is contradictory to the popular belief that once you give in to anger, the less likely you'll give in to anger again because you've gotten it out of your system. Therefore, if you want to control your anger in the future, it's a good idea to control your anger in the present.
What does your religion say about anger/bitterness? From what little I know about christianity from watching joel osteen anger and bitterness are bad.
I do know that people generally don't want to be around bitter people, therefore you won't succeed in areas of life like business, romantically, and freindships in general.
It's crazy how little I know about anger/bitterness given how much it affects my life.
Anyways...any contributions or advice is welcome!