Does Mel Gibson suffer from ighteous rage?
Mel Gibson’s rage at ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva is huge and out of control. But on a much smaller scale, that anger is what many a driver can feel when cut off or wronged in some way by another motorist. Experts say that what causes a calm individual to morph into an out of control monster in a traffic jam may stem from a survival instinct, according to CNN.com. “It gets into this mentality of ‘kill or be killed,’ ” psychiatrist Dr. Tracy Latz told CNN.com. “Subconsciously, there’s a fear that someone else is going to kill or take power over me.” When this sense of one’s very existence being threatened is paired with a sense of entitlement, “righteous rage,” can result, according to clinical psychologist and attorney Robert Goldman. A person may believe he or she deserves something so intensely that he doesn’t see the real situation and irrational behavior is the result.”While we live in a world of abundance in our country, it can also create feelings of anger and rage when we get
Mel Gibson’s rage at ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva is huge and out of control. But on a much smaller scale, that anger is what many a driver can feel when cut off or wronged in some way by another motorist. Experts say that what causes a calm individual to morph into an out of control monster in a traffic jam may stem from a survival instinct, according to CNN.com. “It gets into this mentality of ‘kill or be killed,’ ” psychiatrist Dr. Tracy Latz told CNN.com.
