Comment on What is a good, healthy, unhurtful, socially positive way to express anger?
apolinariomabussy@lemmy.calvss.com 11 months agoThis is a nice way to look at anger. Kind of similar to something my therapist said a long time ago. #3 specifically is a huge one.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I figured out that my issue was that I wasn’t able to identify the emotions I had.
I worked with my therapist to learn to catch myself when I get angry, then I learned to accept the anger and finally identify the negative emotion.
By doing that, I don’t hold on to that anger most of the time, and when I do, it’s a lot shorter.
And by identifying the underlying emotion, I can live the emotion and then redirect it. Overall, it made a big difference in my life.
I will always be stuck with anger as my first reaction to a negative emotion. But it is a lot healthier now.