Posted by coral on January 26, 2003, at 7:52:44
In reply to Re: Anger, Honesty, Me, You » coral, posted by shar on January 25, 2003, at 1:14:39
Dear Shar,
Congrats on the progress re: expressing anger w/your therapist!!
Your memory serves you well --- as you said, lots of shelling . . . my brother was handicapped and there's an incredible dynamic of healthy people being responsible for themselves in that type of family setting. Plus, problems with an older sib as an adult (that's a whole story in itself).
I'm come to think that there's a whole lot of stuffing re: anger and, thankfully, I deal with those emotions very differently now than pre-depression. My therapist also said that a huge chunk of my depression was caused by the stuffing.
There's no concern for me about a loss of control. However, there are consequences when something has happened to cause anger. (I don't know that I'm expressing that well). As the stakes get higher, I become very mentally precise and I become very aware of what I'm saying and, if things continue to worsen, that's when I hit the stone-coldness.
Still ruminating . . .
Coral
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