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How Do You Express Your Anger?
One of the hardest emotions for me to manage and to express is “anger”. Lately, I have been having a lot of this. My anxiety is getting the best of me as I am waiting for a phone call for a surgery date for my open heart surgery coming up. I know it takes a lot of planning and coordinating, but waiting even a week feels like a MONTH when I’m waiting for big news like this. Lately I have been angry with my pain, with my body, and with people not getting back to me in the time frame that I imagined.
It has always been hard for me to allow others to see me in pain, angry, and upset. Usually this leads to me seeming hostile towards someone that I really care about and can often lead to me isolating myself in order to not cause others worry. I “hide away” because I know I am a ticking bomb when anger and frustration become too overwhelming and I don’t want to lash out at those I love the most.
My anger is usually expressed in the form of me hiding or isolating, and it also leads to a lot of tears and crying instead of talking about how angry I am and why. I have had a lot of breakdowns recently, and I know I’m not alone with managing my frustrations this way. How do you express your anger? When you are feeling overly upset and frustrated, how do you manage it and what helps you through this?
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