Background: I have always had trouble around anger, being that I always suppress it instead of acknowledging it. I have been working for years on being able to recognize it when I was angry so that I don't let it build up. I have been getting much better at realizing when things make me angry so I can address it. Before I would just be angry and not know it till weeks later and feel stupid about bringing it up because the other person probably forgot about the whole thing.

So anyway. . . I have been working on this and realized that I was really angry about my new medical diagnosis. I had been having sear words going through my head about it but hadn't been able to express them to anyone (I'm one of the people who almost never swears and people are always surprised when I do.) I asked my T if I could swear when I was in T and she said it was okay. And then I did. I think she was happy I could express my anger even if it was with swear words. She smiled when I asked if I could swear. I didn't want to offend her. I felt better being able to express my anger to someone rather than just in my head.