Yes, a lot of people express their anger in a negative way – especially young people. I remain convinced that this is because they haven’t been taught to deal with it honestly. If someone is told they shouldn’t feel anger, period, instead of taught to express anger in a way that is constructive and useful to them, they are probably going to express it negatively. What else do they know how to do? People should absolutely be taught to cope with strong negative feelings, but the goal should never be to eliminate those emotions altogether. Because of anger’s ability to create both positive and negative change, it is usually one of the first three feelings to be censured. (The second is lust, and the third is grief or sorrow, neither of which are considered seemly to admit to feeling in any strength or for any length of time, and all of which are strictly governed in terms of how it is “appropriate” to demonstrate them, for how long, and toward whom. Especially grief, q.v. “Just a cat!” and “Just some actor!” and “Get over it already.”) Deny a person their anger, and you are denying them an enormous part of their self.