Posted by Dinah on December 11, 2002, at 11:58:07
In reply to Re: On anger... » Dinah, posted by Eddie Sylvano on December 11, 2002, at 11:15:43
Eddie, I'm a busybody I confess. But I *strongly* suggest that you try therapy again. Print out some of our threads and bring them with you to the therapist to describe the problem. From what you say about your fear of anger and from what you say about your anger outbursts, I think it's entirely possible that your problem is similar to mine. If it is, I think those emotions may be able to be accessed. Be careful and go slowly, because as I said, it's destabilizing. But on an entirely different level than I am consciously aware of, I do have feelings. And from what you've described, the same may be true of you. It may be possible to tear down those walls. Just be sure to do it at a conservative rate and with a competent professional. My therapist says sometimes that he's afraid of stirring up the mother of Grendel. :) But the possibilities of a richer life are there.
Do you ever remember, as a child, of feeling? Of wanting to be with people? By the way, a divorce followed by a dehumanizing year long depression would probably reinforce your self protective impulses and build that war a bit stronger.
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