I was picked on aplenty as a heavy-set insecure boy. A boy who moved a lot and never had the chance to form protective and nurturing relationships, always aware in the places to which we moved, of the groups of well-rooted friendships that gave the members automatic acceptance and power. I do not remember anger as my reaction to being teased and humiliated.
Anger is really a healthy sign, as opposed to a spirit of fear, defeat and possibly despair.
Those are signs of the death of the spirit. I suppose that my reaction as a youngster was typical and is typical, or we would have more shootings today, given the accessibility of guns resulting from the immoral permissiveness about firearms in our culture. Of course while anger is a good sign that the victim of abuse has not given up on life, violence is always a bad and potentially tragic way to express our anger. That anger needs to be channeled and used for positive purposes. To be my friend.