I am angry because of how my son came to die. My anger is a normal response to the nature of my loss. Anger is characteristic of male grief. Anger is something that grieving fathers and those who love us must deal with. Anger is a serious and misunderstood issue of paternal grief.
Anger is a healthy emotion.
It is not the same thing as rage and violence, but it can lead there. Anger is not necessarily unhealthy, but repressed anger certainly is. Anger is a behavior as well as an emotion. Men respond to loss with action. Anger is an act.