Most often when people talk about aggression they are talking about how bad or wrong it is. In general aggression is defined as “behavior that is intended to harm another individual.” (kassin) While this definition definitely makes aggression sound bad or even evil, it doesn't have to be that way. Everybody has aggressors in their lives and everybody will experience aggression. It stems from emotions, and those emotions can tell us important things about ourselves if we can notice when we are feeling aggressive and respond appropriately. The struggle really lies in people learning how to rid themselves of these feelings in a non-destructive way. Types of Aggression There exists many different ways with which to classify aggression but the two that I will discuss are proactive and reactive aggression. Proactive aggression is “aggression in which harm is inflicted as a means to a desired end … aimed at harming someone for personal gain, attention, or even self-defense” (Kas...