Posted by malthus on January 25, 2005, at 17:21:16
In reply to Re: an assignment like my therapist would give me » partlycloudy, posted by Angel Girl on January 25, 2005, at 10:02:19
My T calls my rage and anger "agitation". When someone crosses a boundary I rarely confront them at the moment but stew about it, with obsessive thoughts of telling the person off running through my head. This has happened a number of times with my supervisor at work. Thank god the last time it happened I had an intercessor, a mediator if you will, help me express my feelings to him. She was really kind. I don't have any problem letting my anger out at my family in a more "in the moment" way and don't let myself stew too much. But I have worked long and hard on this with my T.
I get into trouble when I'm feeling rage and medicate with alcohol because then I do really stupid things like cut myself or bang my head against the bathroom mirror. But the last time that happened was over 2 years ago. This past summer I tried to deal with rage by drinking but thankfully there was no cutting or banging, just vomiting. Ugh--so sorry, not a pretty image.
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