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Old May 08, 2009, 03:30 AM
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I totally understand what she is saying, the thing is, I don't show anger, I don't even know how to express it; when I am angry, I more want to cry.
I don't really know how to do anger either. My T says there is usually another emotion behind the anger, like fear or sadness. Sometimes I think I just skip through the anger part and go straight to the fear or sadness part, because I can do both of those fine.

I can think of only a couple of times I have been angry in session, in 2.5 years. That's all. Maybe twice. Once I was angry at T. Once I was angry at someone else and told T about it. Both times went well. T handled it really well when I was angry at him that one time and we worked through it. It was actually great. But T usually doesn't do things that make me angry, so this will probably never happen again. The other time when I was mad at someone else and expressed it to him, he thought it was great and really encouraged me to keep on going. Kind of funny when I think back. A real outburst. While I was in the midst of this, he said I was growing before his eyes.

Why do T's think it is so great when we get angry?
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