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Originally Posted by Rive.
I don't know about ''incompatible'' but yes, therapy is not for everyone and/or might not 'work' for everyone.
There are a lot of misconceptions in what you believe. For one, therapy does not ask nor require anyone to drop their anger in order to be 'weak' and depressed. I don't know what type of therapy would advocate that in the first place. Therapy aims to empower, never to make anyone weak. Likewise, being vulnerable does not equate to being 'weak' or as you say "helpless" and "defenseless". It actually requires a lot of strength to stand in your truth, warts and all.
It seems you are using anger to operate in the world and mistakenly believe that using anger means: strength, high self-esteem and being functional. Reading what you write, it actually seems you are using your anger as a defense that is masking something because to you, contemplating anything else is weak or helpless etc. Being stuck in this one mode, THAT is what indicates weakness - not being flexible or adaptable and functioning in a rigid way all the time
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I responded to this post before....but I want to add a new thought. I realise that I DO think that approaching issues from a stance with anger rather than from a depressed, low, passive state is better, and means more strength, yes. I don't think I was indicating more than that, though. Because, what I wrote in my OP was, wanting to come at the negative from a place of strength. And that currently - most of the time anyway - I can only use anger (or alternatively, rational detachment) for that, but I do not view anger as the only option for strength. It's only one way of expression or attitude (with many possible nuances to it actually), and there are other ones too, or I wouldn't have asked about this topic in the first place.