ANGER vs RAGE? How it affects YOU

That person had no right to hit you. You know, they may have, you know, depending on the circumstances here, perhaps you had the right of way, but they went first and that's why they ended up hitting you, right? So anger is not on track to assert your rights. You might also be experiencing rage. Rage is not the same as anger. Rage has to do with defending your territory. And you may well believe that your car and some number of feet around your car is your territory. Like road rage when someone cuts you off. Like, the reason we feel rage is because we consider that 3 feet in front of our car to be our territory and someone has just invaded it. We're not on track to defend it.