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Originally Posted by skies_
Sometimes referred to annihilation anxiety--very object relations-y. The child can't direct anger at the parent and either doesn't process it (ie. dissociates) or direct anger at herself because she is afraid of destroying the parent. (Symbolically, maybe this means the child's anger makes the parent go away/reject/abandon).
Great thread!
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I'll need to look this up more because it sounds very like what was going on and what I did as a child. Anger was not tolerated. I have both dissociated from the anger and turned it inwards. I find it very difficult to sit with "less desirable" emotions like anger. Only this week my T was talking about trying to get me to send it outwards instead of inwards.... she kind got what she wished for in the texts didn't she? Lol
