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Here's my question: Does anyone know what one should do with repressed anger once it is brought to consciousness?
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Continue to put words to it, that helps process the energy so it isn't stuck in very young pre-verbal rage.
Talk, talk talk talk....do you have someone to talk to?
I had so much buried anger, mostly about my son's cancer, but about other things through my life, too, and until I went into therapy and talked about it all, it was just building inside and I felt like I needed to rage. It only took a few months of really talking about it all for it to start lessening and within half a year I was so much calmer. Try to be honest and true about the anger. Denying it or lying about it doesn't help.
I find between weekly therapy sessions, writing in my journal (or typing in my private blog) helps a ton.
My T says doing things with your fingers helps, too. Yard work, cleaning, making bread, knitting....
Exercising might help, too.
I had so much buried anger, mostly about my son's cancer, but about other things through my life, too, and until I went into therapy and talked about it all, it was just building inside and I felt like I needed to rage. It only took a few months of really talking about it all for it to start lessening and within half a year I was so much calmer. Try to be honest and true about the anger. Denying it or lying about it doesn't help.
I find between weekly therapy sessions, writing in my journal (or typing in my private blog) helps a ton.
My T says doing things with your fingers helps, too. Yard work, cleaning, making bread, knitting....
Exercising might help, too.
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Talk, talk and more talk if you have someone to hear your anger or help you get it out in a safe way
I have a cushion that I squash/beat like crazy, or I have a great stock of play doh for pounding, beating, tearing and ripping. Also sometimes I just go crazy with colouring pens and sheets of paper, its not art but it gets it out - just don't sit on it which is what I do sometimes with not great results
Talk, talk and more talk if you have someone to hear your anger or help you get it out in a safe way
I have a cushion that I squash/beat like crazy, or I have a great stock of play doh for pounding, beating, tearing and ripping. Also sometimes I just go crazy with colouring pens and sheets of paper, its not art but it gets it out - just don't sit on it which is what I do sometimes with not great results
kick stuff really hard! Kicking works for me when my anger, which My T and now a new T I've seen a few times too, seem to think is turned inwards- comes out now and then. I have an old dryer in my back room that I kick really hard every once in awhile when it comes out. Cushions didn't work for me cause for some reason I need to hear a loud noise, or see a result (something denting, for example) Works cause it is harmless and no one gets hurt with my mean words that I want to say or mean things I want to do when that happens.
Nice to see you btw!
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Nice to see you btw!
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