Posted by sunny10 on January 25, 2005, at 11:55:27
In reply to Anger, rage, hurt » Angel Girl, posted by partlycloudy on January 25, 2005, at 10:54:46
If it helps, my last T told me that MY excessive rage came from therapy. She said that I had learned to stop turning my anger inward and bringing myself to the depths of despair, but I simply hadn't spent enough time working on Step 2 yet, which in her mind was learning to deal with anger in positive ways. She says that some anger is healthy, and self-promoting, for me because I suffer from low self-esteem. I was brought up to take care of everyone else and that "self" was evil, selfish. That meant that I had no boundaries. Now that I have them, I get very angry when people cross my boundaries, but am not really strong enough to "protect them" in what other people would consider to be rational, adult ways. (she was being nice when she said this- I can get REALLY illogical and sometimes downright immature...sigh, still a work in progress)
I hope that by sharing my experience, along with the others, you might feel a little better knowing that you are not alone in this.
Hope you feel better soon,
Sunny10
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