Should I just use 'indignation' and then define what I mean in the first few sentences?
That could work well when backed up by with the description of just what you will be using the term to mean.
I will be interested to read your post - from your brief introduction here I think I have had similar observations about emotions that interfere with thought, independent of raw overwhelm from primitives like anger.
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