Dr Tony Bates

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338 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 12 Jul

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Brendan O'Connor · “Crying shows us what really matters to us” - The Power of Crying with Dr Tony Bates · 12 Jul 2026 podcast

They might be accepting of me if I'm in tears.

Yeah, yeah.

You know, but there's something, it's not a good look being really angry, you know.

And so I think we're frightened of it.

Yeah, I think we need to do it with care.

I think that I don't want in any way to give licence to people who think, well, I'm just telling you I'm angry and I'm doing it and you can just put up with it because I've been told, that fellow on the radio said I've expressed my feelings.

That would be very...

Wrong, I think, and many people are at the receiving end of that kind of behaviour all day long.

And so there are some people who are just expressing their anger in a very irresponsible way, way too much.

And I think there's an awful lot of hidden suffering from aggressive males in particular.

You know, and so I don't want to...

sort of romanticise that or say... No, not in any way.

I'm saying it's a healthy outlet so it doesn't metastasise into that kind of way more destructive anger.

I think sometimes it just breaks out.

And I'm saying to anybody is, look, if that happens, look, just take a moment with it and really reflect on the fact that there is a truth in this that you probably have been...

avoiding or dodging or unwilling to feel and face.

So take it seriously.

If you are angry about something, I think it's worth thinking, how do I communicate this?

There's a way of saying it.

And I think the general

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