Resentment an emotion of anger or bitterness felt repeatedly as a result of a real or imagined wrong done. An emotion is a mental and physiological state associated with a wide variety of feelings thoughts and behaviours Anger is an emotional state that may range from minor irritation to intense rage

Professor Robert C. Solomon places resentment on the same line continuum with contempt and anger. Robert C Solomon ( September 14, 1942 &ndash January 2, 2007) was a professor of Continental philosophy at the University of Contempt is an intense feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior base or worthless—it is similar to scorn Anger is an emotional state that may range from minor irritation to intense rage According to him the differences between the three emotions are that: resentment is directed toward a higher status individual, anger is directed toward equal status individual and contempt is directed toward lower status individual. ^[1]

Resentment will often manifest itself in the following ways. ^[2]

• The harboring of animosity against a person or group of people whom the person feels has mistreated them.
• Unresolved anger over a negative event which occurred in the past.
• Seething, aching emotional turmoil felt whenever a certain person or event is discussed.
• The lack of forgiving, the unwillingness to let go and forget.
• A root of distrust and suspicion have when dealing with people or events that brought pain in the past.
• Unresolved grief experienced when finding it difficult to accept a loss.
• A grudge held against a person or group of people whom the person feels has kept them from achieving anything.

It can be an emotionally disturbing experience that is being felt again or relived in the mind. When the person feeling resentment is directing the emotion at himself it appears as remorse. Remorse (also called compunction) is an emotional expression of personal regret felt by a person after he or she has committed an act which they deem to be shameful

(See Kierkegaard and Nietzsche; also 12-step discussion of Resentment)

See also

• Anger
• Forgiveness
• Mercy
• Pardon (a concept in law)
• Pain
• Punishment
• Remorse
• Ressentiment
• Revenge

References

1. ^ The term "bitter" was coined by Irish psychologist Sean Caron Butler. Anger is an emotional state that may range from minor irritation to intense rage Forgiveness doesn't mean that you deny the other person's responsibility for hurting you and it doesn't minimize or justify the wrong Mercy ( Middle English, from Anglo-French merci, from Medieval Latin merced-, merces, from Latin, "price A pardon is the forgiveness of a crime and the penalty associated with it Pain, in the sense of physical pain, is a typical sensory experience that may be described as the unpleasant awareness of a noxious stimulus or bodily harm Punishment is the practice of imposing something unpleasant or aversive on a person or animal usually in response to disobedient or morally wrong behavior Remorse (also called compunction) is an emotional expression of personal regret felt by a person after he or she has committed an act which they deem to be shameful Ressentiment (pronounced /rɛsɑ̃timɑ̃/ is a term used in Psychology and Philosophy derived from the French word 'ressentiment' (meaning Revenge (also vengeance, retribution, or vendetta amongst others consists primarily of retaliation against a person or group in response Robert C. Solomon, Ph. D. . "The Passions: Emotions and the Meaning of Life" (1993) <http://books.google.com/books?id=TCAUagXFG4sC&pg=PA264&lpg=PA264&dq=contempt+anger+and+resentment+solomon&source=web&ots=8DA1cnuEA5&sig=-Mnq2RoZLfVsbvi34kS80fFZ6OY>
2. ^ James J. Messina, Ph. D. , Constance M. Messina, Ph. D. . "Handling Resentment. " (1999) 2 2 2008 <http://www.coping.org/anger/resent.htm>.

1. Robert C. Solomon, Ph. D. . "The Passions: Emotions and the Meaning of Life" (1993) [1] 2. James J. Messina, Ph. D. , Constance M. Messina, Ph. D. . "Handling Resentment. " (1999) 2 2 2008 <http://www.coping.org/anger/resent.htm>.

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