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Old Aug 22, 2008, 04:11 PM
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earthmama said:
I really don't get angry, and this is something T and I have talked a lot about. He has been trying to help me see that there is such a thing as "good anger" and "appropriate anger" - in my mind, anger is dangerous, anger hurts you, anger is scary - because that is my experience of other people being angry, especially in childhood. So....T hurt me, I told him I was angry, and...that's okay??

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post">earthmama, this could have been written by me! I am the same way. I can see that therapy can help with this. I got angry at T one session and we dealt with it. It remains one of my favorite sessions. It was very powerful to get angry and have the other person be OK with it. Who would have guessed someone would accept my anger and not abandon me?

Hang in there. You are doing great work. I hope the time until T returns passes quickly for you.

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