september last year.
Probably pretty recently. 🤔 Nah, don't be scared of your anger, embrace it. I think of my anger as a visit from an old friend. Sure, you may black out and wake up in an alley with blood on your hands. But that's what makes your friend fun to be around 😆
Three weeks ago. My anger is usually hot, permanent and hateful. So I seek relief by venting with words often to defuse the energy. I'm no better than any other human being. I fully expect to be able to kill someone in a rage given the right time, place and trigger. When you fuel my anger long term I might switch from emotional to intellectual. Then things get dangerous. I might set up a trap and wait patiently when you get in to make you feel it. No good to do this. People engaging into acts of cruelty and brute force waste their life and run around in ever more narrow circles. We need to break out of these circles. So I go to my Dojo and practise Zen.
A few days ago. I feel angry a lot because I have a brain injury, so I can understand that; talking yourself down can help very much! My therapist taught me a technique wherein you analyze the steps to get to your anger. For instance, it might start with mild irritation: "This person is bothering me." For each step you do something to counteract it, like "This person may be bothering me, but it's really their problem and I don't need to react to it." Or you can tell yourself something funny to take yourself away from the moment. I've found it really helps!
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