"Out of control" , by Erik Pevernagie, oil on canvas,100 x 80 cm . .xxg

While some incidents may trigger anger within us, it's important to remember that this emotion, though often unwelcome, can also be a catalyst for personal growth. It may accompany us along a road we have only sometimes freely chosen to walk.

Outrage can be the emanation of our resentment or an outcry against guilty indifference. However, no matter how harrowing it may be, rage must not take control of our mindset, steer the wheel of our actions, or blind our vision. Instead, it can be a stepping stone towards understanding ourselves better and managing our emotions more effectively.

Sometimes, we may wonder what we have gotten ourselves into. Unfamiliar or unexpected incidents throw us off balance. Although we have always been stable, like rocks in the surf, we feel trapped by our vulnerability. It's as if the 'router' of our personality, which usually guides our responses and actions, has broken down and no longer emits or receives any signals. We have no interaction with the world. At that moment, we realize we are interdependent beings, and our individuality only exists through a cluster of interactions.

While tensions and confusion can be frustrating, they also offer self-discovery opportunities. They can lead us to explore the deeper levels of our inner selves, allowing us to reset our emotional patterns, mental habits, and life stories. This way, emotional chaos can be a gateway to personal freedom and self-determination, empowering us to regain control over our emotions and lives.

When people's behavior gets out of control, they may start making odd gestures, and their language utters screeching noises. Their actions and thoughts are no longer regulated, and their logical thinking explodes like bursting balloons, so their inner world falls chaotically apart.

The source of the disparaging conduct might be identified by reviewing the history of their 'out of control' state and scrutinizing the facts. As so often, the devil is hidden in the details. Understanding this can lead to deeper empathy and a more constructive response, fostering a sense of enlightenment and empathy and highlighting the crucial role of understanding in this process.

The nub of the question is what can unchain the explosion in people's minds. Could it just be a sudden, momentary impulse, or is it the effect of an amassing of frustrations, enduring discontentment, or nagging restlessness?

The situation that is out of hand is always awkward for the surrounding world, which can't escape the scene of emotional terror and is forced to witness the disintegration of the character's fundamentals.

Attending onlookers who usually must face embarrassing situations have great difficulty in interpreting verbal and gestural abusive confrontations and are very often at a loss as they don't know how to react properly.

Phenomenon: Loss of control, self-control