Posted by mair on July 8, 2002, at 22:10:47
In reply to Holding rage in a cage, posted by judy1 on July 8, 2002, at 14:14:23
Judy
All of this sounds pretty familiar. My therapist actually thinks that to some degree my depressions are an adaptation to avoid being angry - that subconsciously depression is less scary to me than anger.
My mother pretty much never expressed her anger and then just walked out on my father one day (after 28 years of marriage and with virtually no warning) and pretty much never looked back. Sometimes my anger seems way out of proportion to any provocation, so I guess in that respect it's pretty scary to me - I've had that feeling before that you allude to - that if i start letting it out I'll explode - I guess I can see no good consequences.
Mair
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