Outburst Of Anger Part Of National Grieving Process, Psychologists say

Outburst Of Anger Part Of National Grieving Process, Psychologists say

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter -

A mob kicks a man to the ground and forces him to apologize to a portrait of King Bhumibol on Tuesday in Chonburi, at left. At right, a woman cries 14 October at the Grand Palace in Bangkok. Psychologist Adipat Chaichanasakul says society is going through a collective grief process in which some have expressed anger as a means of regaining a sense of control.

BANGKOK — Rash acts of violence and vigilante witch-hunting unfolding in the streets since His Majesty the Late King’s death is part of the collective grief process the nation is going through, a psychologist said.

Anger is a phase of grieving that is being expressed through such acts in an attempt to control how others grieve, said Adipat Chaichanasakul, a psychologist at BNH Hospital.

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