We have some rageful parts, too. They are learning to chill out a little, but once in a while they will come out to speak with our T. We're just trying to cooperate with one another and do some self-care inside and out. It's challenging though. The rageful parts are really protectors, because we weren't allow to feel emotions when we were young, and to have comfort from loving parents when we felt those emotions. Because we experienced childhood emotional neglect among other traumas, we have parts that felt those things for us when we couldn't feel or express them. They hold and compartmentalize the CEN traumas and perhaps other traumas related to rage feelings. Those feelings are valid, albeit uncomfortable, but it takes good therapy to help us process all that together, and to have our parts work with those alters and accept them for different roles while also comforting their feelings. Sometimes thanking them for holding those feelings while also asking them what triggered those feelings will help, but other times we need a therapist to help us deal with the shock of learning about that for the first time. So it takes a while to process and work through those feelings.

(((Safe hugs))))