[turquoisesea]

I'm not sure if I'm using the right word here (anger) but has anyone else come back from a session feeling mildly angry at nothing in particular, just downright bothered?

I know it's normal to some degree but it feels weird because it's not directed at anyone or anything that I know of ...yet. So I know something's coming to the surface. bleck it's just so WEIRD though.

[inbloom]

I have experienced this post-therapy anger many, many times. As you say, mine is usually sort of vague in terms of who/what it is directed at...it will just be there, hovering in the back of my mind.

Usually, I find that clarity comes after I have been sitting with it for a while. For me, my feelings are usually really jumbled up right after a session, so I typically am not able to sort things out until maybe the next day, or even the day after. Once the dust settles a bit, I am usually able to identify what sparked the anger and to what/whom it really belongs. Writing helps me a lot to find clarity and understanding.

So, hope this helps...you are most definitely not alone. Sometimes, therapy brings up feelings and emotions that I never even knew existed! It can be a crazy thing!

[embracinglife]

Totally! I feel angry many times, even at al-anon meetings or anytime I feel that I am confronting something I don't necessarily want to deal with. I have a lot of things to be angry about tho But I know what you mean, generally it does feel just anger --at nothing in particular. Hang in there. I think that it is probably good in the long run. It means you are dealing with emotions and things that are difficult. And I hope it will get better over time.

Originally Posted by turquoisesea

I'm not sure if I'm using the right word here (anger) but has anyone else come back from a session feeling mildly angry at nothing in particular, just downright bothered?

I know it's normal to some degree but it feels weird because it's not directed at anyone or anything that I know of ...yet. So I know something's coming to the surface. bleck it's just so WEIRD though.

YES! I am actually going through the anger right now. My therapist keeps telling me that anger does not just show up for no reason. There is something that I am holding back on. For some reason that makes me even madder that she says that!

I don't consider myself an angry person at all. I feel like a bad person if I am angry. She is working to get me out of that mindset. She even said, "Jesus got so angry at the merchants in the temple that he basically trashed the place!" If Jesus can show anger, surely it is okay for you to as well. Just be safe. Don't harm yourself or anyone else!

I know it is weird not to know exactly where the anger is coming from, but there is a source somewhere. We just have to peel back the layers until we find it. Then, we have to deal with it. That is the hard part.

[lovelygirl]

I have left a session feeling weirdly, randomly angry many, many times. It resolves in different ways--sometimes I become clearer on a specific thing I am in fact angry about, sometimes it dissipates, sometimes it morphs into sadness or grief. I agree (at least for myself) that it usually takes a day or two to become clearer. Writing about it helps access deeper layers of what's going on, too.

[Melbadaze]

Originally Posted by turquoisesea

I'm not sure if I'm using the right word here (anger) but has anyone else come back from a session feeling mildly angry at nothing in particular, just downright bothered?

I know it's normal to some degree but it feels weird because it's not directed at anyone or anything that I know of ...yet. So I know something's coming to the surface. bleck it's just so WEIRD though.

Yeah its a feeling akin to a baby thats all hot and miserable and just wants someone else to pick them up soothe them and take all the pains and discomforts away, that feeing of not being attuned to anything or anyone?? Its in those moments that I stuff my face with as much sugar as possible LOL!

[WePow]

Therapy can open emotional doors. Sometimes those are doors we spent a ton of energy moving the mental furniture around to block. When someone (T) has us spend an hour tugging at the sofa to put it back into its rightful place, it can leave us drained and upset at the whole process in general.

[WikidPissah]

Originally Posted by turquoisesea

I'm not sure if I'm using the right word here (anger) but has anyone else come back from a session feeling mildly angry at nothing in particular, just downright bothered?

yes. frustrated. bothered. pissed. all at nothing in particular.

I hope it passes for you!

Yes, ABSOLUTELY.

Even after a really good, connected session, I sometimes come home and start to feel angry.

It's hard for me to pinpoint what the anger is about, but I know it's real, and probably "right".

But yeah, it IS weird, and I don't like how it feels.

[granite1]

Originally Posted by turquoisesea

I'm not sure if I'm using the right word here (anger) but has anyone else come back from a session feeling mildly angry at nothing in particular, just downright bothered?

I know it's normal to some degree but it feels weird because it's not directed at anyone or anything that I know of ...yet. So I know something's coming to the surface. bleck it's just so WEIRD though.

you bet and it is totally miserable.i end up feeling all kinds of disconnected neg emotions.i think it is when my T touches on something inside that i cant deal with or something.i hope you are able to adress this in your next appointment.maybe your T will be able to help you figure out what has got you angry and connect it to something