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In some instances, you may care so much about the person who has hurt you, or be so unable to be angry with him (or with anyone), that you rationalize his hurtful acts by finding some basis in your own actions for his hurtful behavior; you then feel guilty rather than angry. Put in other terms, you become angry with yourself rather than with the one who hurt you.

Paul Ekman

Paul Ekman

Paul Ekman

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Born: February 15, 1934

Died: November 17, 2025 (aged 91)

Bio: Paul Ekman was an American psychologist who was a pioneer in the study of emotions and their relation to facial expressions.

Known for:

Emotions revealed (2003)
Unmasking the face (1975)
Why kids lie (1989)
Emotion in the Human Face (1972)

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