Posted by AuntieMel on August 25, 2004, at 9:26:37
In reply to Re: Very triggering memories and questions-Auntie, posted by Shadowplayers721 on August 25, 2004, at 2:56:01
That's one I'm still trying real hard to do myself.
I think anger is not only "valid" - it's physiologically necessary to release the stress reactions of the body. That's a reasonable and rational thing for the brain to know.
But to *feel* that it is rational is another thing. I tend to keep real or perceived slights inside. Eventually they reach critical mass and I erupt - usually for something trivial. Which makes me feel smaller, and so on, and so on....
There might be something to primal scream therapy, except that it's near impossible to do on command. One time I was so upset (about things in the past) I found myself outside screaming at the top of my lungs, beating on a tree with a branch. The neighbors must have thought I was nuts.
Oh, wait. I *am* nuts.
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