The lesser of two evils

It’s Better to Be Mad Than to Be Sad

Anger is the fastest way out of depression

Anger Comes With Energy

When you are angry, you have so much energy you want to break some shit! You scream loudly into the pillow and you kick as hard as you can. You throw yourself up and down on the bed. You get up, storm out, and slam the door! That feels good!

You go running or to the gym to work the emotions out of your system. You take a hike into the forest and you scream at the top of your lungs. You come home tired; you shower and you find something to eat! You feel nourished.

When you are angry, you are busy fighting and changing your situation even if all you do is fight your pillow!

Depression Drains Your Energy

When you are depressed, you have no energy you break down and cry. All you want to do is lay in bed in the dark all day. You lock the doors and shut everything and everyone out.

You withdraw from all social activities and the last thing you want to do is get up and go outside. You don’t even feel like showering, going out to grab the mail, or finding something to eat. You become malnourished and you feel weak!

Depression cripples you and leaves you feeling helpless and hopeless. Anger makes you get up and do something about your situation.

Depression makes you feel disempowered, anger empowers you!

All you see and feel when you are depressed is darkness. When you are angry, you head into the light no matter what that looks like.

Depression drains you of your energy, anger gives you the energy to rise and fight.

Depression kicks you down and keeps you there. Anger makes you get up and take action.

The Vibrational Frequency of Emotions

Dr. Hawkins talks about the scale of consciousness (as shown above) in his book Power vs Force, a scale that spans from 1 to 1000Hz.

While human beings fluctuate through the different levels on the scale, Hawkins discovered there is a critical point where everything that calibrates below 200Hz makes the body go weak.

The emotions that make us feel depressed — shame, guilt, apathy, grief, and fear — vibrate under 100Hz.

Anger vibrates at 150Hz, which is 50 Hz away from feeling the courage to make a change.

If you wish to understand the Universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration — Nikola Tesla.

Both Anger and Depression Are Low Vibrational Emotions

Anger and depression are both unhealthy, but one will help you feel better faster than the other. It's better to be mad than sad.

Anger is useful, depression is useless! Depression kicks you down and keeps you there. Anger makes you get up!

Both anger and depression are low vibrational emotions on the scale of consciousness, but anger is a high vibrational emotion compared to the vibration of the things you feel when you are depressed.

It’s hard to go from feeling fear (100Hz) to feeling peace (600Hz) immediately. It's almost impossible. But what is possible is going from fear to anger (150Hz). That can be achieved in a day. All you have to do is feel!

Depression cripples you, anger makes you want to get up and do something about the situation. Depression makes you feel disempowered, anger empowers you!

Anger Lifts Depression

Sometimes we use depression as a band-aid to block out other unpleasant feelings. When we turn off the light and pull the covers over our heads and cry ourselves to sleep all day, it doesn't leave us much room to feel and think about anything different.

Once you start to feel and think about your situation clearly and look at it from all angles, you will see the injustices and the unfairness. You will see all the wrong things that have been done to you!

You will see what you did and didn't do. You will see the parts you played in the situation. You will start to become angry! When you are angry, the depression lifts and propels you to take action!

It will feel as if some power or force has ripped off that band-aid and you will start to feel everything. Yes, it will be negative emotions, but you will feel it and it will fuel you to get off the couch and fight!

It’s better to be mad than to be sad.

Final Thoughts — Aim For Anger When You Are Depressed

Anger can be a dangerous emotion when channeled incorrectly, but when you get angry and channel that anger correctly, you can change your life around.

When you are angry, there’s no time to sleep all day. You are busy fighting and changing your situation, even if all you do is fight your pillow!

Once you go from depressed to angry, don't get stuck in your anger because anger can eat you from the inside out.

When you use your anger correctly, you won't go anywhere else on the scale but up into higher vibrations like courage, neutrality, willingness, and finally acceptance of your situation for what it really is. Then it becomes possible to aim for flow, pure tao, and ultimate consciousness.