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So, it has recently come up in sessions that I'm pretty bad at angry.

I don't express anger, I feel it, absorb it and then feel guilty for having felt it and then proceed to attempt to make amends for something the other person didn't really know happened in the first place.

Anyway, this was kindof linked and came out during the "You're worth it" session... and resulted in my T saying that she needed to spend some time to carefully navigate how to worth through it with me..

It seems like a huge switch and leap backwards from the way things have been over our past few sessions...and when I said that to her - She said she was happy about it, as it meant that the thing that did come up was big, and gave us a new direction and a deeper root to attack...

Hrm... I never thought I'd be in a position where I had to work TOWARD being able to be angry...
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I think I have this same issue. I haven't addressed it in therapy very often. The last two sessions we spent some time on boundaries and assertiveness, so I think this will help with what I do with anger.
On Monday I was extremely angry with my ex husband. That afternoon I took a walk, which also turned into a bit of a jog, and I felt much better! Sometimes I have to work anger out through exercise first to calm down.

I wish both of you all the luck in the world working on anger. Smiler
This subject is still a stopping point/wall for me... It bugs me...

I've had one appointment since we broached this subject. I had originally agreed that we didn't need to reschedule my appointment from last week to the weekend, and then wound up calling and requesting the session anyway... My T made the appointment for me, and we spent a lot of the session discussing the idea of discussing the anger/worthiness issue.

I have a couple of issues...

1- I feel all off kilter with the subject, I can't seem to journal about it, and I don't know how to start to dig into it...

2- The idea of starting to dig into it freaks me out, the way one might feel as a child when their parents are in a violent fight in the next room.

3- My T told me she needed to give some serious consideration to how to work through the issue in a safe way that wasn't going to cause unnecessary pain .. She said "Sometimes even T's need to process things..."

I'm kindof afraid of going there tomorrow with nothing to say, when there's SO much to say...

These roadblocks are so frustrating..

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