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sunrise said:
Hmmmm, I think we may be clones.

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That made me smile.

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I have a much easier time feeling angry than depressed. Sometimes my depression makes me feel dead and I can't stand that. I am more comfortable in emotional extremes so it is easier for me to be angry.

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I'm the opposite of you Pink. I work to get to that dead state...I know not heathly.... and I think my T has decided to try to get mea to get the anger out. I am not comfortable in extremes at all. My whole life my family modeled only very narrow bands of emotion and if anything fell outside of that it was looked upon with shock and that it was somehow bad. Like sunrise said, I have no idea how to be angry. I don't think the world will end, but I think I will just feel worse and make a fool of myself.

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Anger activates me whereas depression deadens me. .

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That's how I feel about anxiety. The anxiety is uncomfortable so I make lists and get things done.

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but I still have trouble with "I want to throw something at you because..., I hate you because...., I'm mad at you because...."

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Is this the healthy way to express anger? Is this how your T has told you to express it? When you are able to express your anger like this does it help? I'm wondering because being able to express yourself that way doesn't seem to have as much emotion behind it so I wonder if it gives the same satisfaction as actually yelling or something.