Just wondered if anyone else here has any thoughts on being angry?

I find I am angry a lot, not out and out spitting fire anger but this constant low level defensive resentment that will flare up into a momentary flash of rage whenever I perceive a threat to my sense of self (eg criticism, rejection, judgement, being ignored or invalidated, negated, not listened to, put down…). It feels like it’s much bigger and more intense than it appears on the surface and I’m really having problems dealing with it – it’s bad enough feeling like a piece of worthless rubbish in the eyes of others, but to have proof positive that people couldn’t like me, in the form of this gnawing impotent rage-like stuff, is really hard to take .

I wondered if I’m alone with this or does anyone else live with a background sense of anger/resentment/rage that constantly emerges whenever you have dealings with other people?


Torn