Instinct Bites Back

Bertrand Russel said something along the lines of: if instinct is ignored it will fight back. I whole-heartedly agree. If you just think about anger you will realize that he is right. If a person gets royally pissed off but tries to supress it, hoping it will fade away, that anger turns into rage eventually and the longer that the person tries to control the rage the more likely it is to burst. And in many cases the explosion will be about the most mundane thing; not picking up your shoes. Why is it that we try to supress our feelings, whether they be anger, lust, or sadness? I believe it is because of the society that we have grown up in. The idea that you must put everyone before yourself in order to make the world happy and to appear as a "good" human being. Whatever that is. Who defines what a good person is? But in order to live easily in this world one seems to have to submit to the boundries and rules that have been placed upon us. If you answer questions too often you are a "teacher's pet," if you add what you believe and it contradicts what someone else does, you are a pushy overly-opinionated wretch who should keep his or her mouth closed (but especially if you are a girl. It's so unlady-like). How does anyone who is different (which is everyone) get by in the world without being labeled as a "freak"? Whatever that means.