Our society tells us it's ok for guys to get pissed off and show it. River May Break Violently Repressing emotion is not the way to go, because no emotion can be suppressed forever. Eventually, it is going to be released. The magnitude of the release can be predicted by how much is stored up. I have come up with a metaphor that's kind of cheesy, but I think it does a good job of explaining my outlook on emotion.
Emotion is like a river.
I told you it was cheesy. The river flows pretty constantly, sometimes it's high, sometimes it's low. We have placed a big dam in the river. That's our fantastic society working. It will hold up for a while, depending of the strength of the individual.