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Originally Posted by monalisasmile
I have this uncontrollable rage inside me lately. I am being triggered by everything and everyone. I really felt like running away from my new t but instead I lashed our and dumped a load of anger at her. I sent her a text right after my session last week. She didn't write back but during my session this week she said that it had a huge impact on her and that it's unacceptable to make her feel like that. She said no more texting and if I could try and contain it until our next session. In a way, maybe I did want to hurt her and it was acting impulsively but I thought that therapists can and should hear everything we have to say even if it's not positive. Yes, it had an impact on her but she also had an impact on me that's why I was so angry.
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I do think anger and rage should definitely be expressed and explored in therapy but not lashing out at the therapist. It sounds like you have a lot to talk to her about. I'm not sure I agree with some of the posters that T's should have to accept and be able to handle angry text messages from clients. I have to agree with LolaGrace on this one.
Is there anyway that you could maybe write down your anger in a journal to help give you some release. If that doesn't work maybe you could write a letter to your T and then either just keep it to yourself or else give it to her to read at the start of the next session so that you can continue to discuss the feelings.