If I can do it, you can. I'd love to hear how you have learned to manage your anger without physically working out -- or relying on unhealthy coping mechanisms. (You know what those unhealthy actions are--if you have to hide it--it's probably unhealthy.) Please drop a note in the comments.
Hey Shen, I get it. I think setting healthy boundaries and not getting caught up in the utter tragedy of "it all" is a solid plan. When I wrote about my frustration this year that 40% of the people in Utah don't think sexual abuse is a problem--I was trying to show that I have my moments of frustration and anger--but I'm not consumed by it. And, I tried to show how I reframed my thought processes dealing with my frustration about those 40%.
I believe I was able to shift my anger of: "Are you kidding me? Look at all the damage, the drugs, the mental illnesses, the kidnappings, murders and suicides still resulting from the abuse that occurred in an elite neighborhood in the 1970s--how can this 40% be so ignorant?"
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Thirty plus years ago, almost everyone was in denial that childhood sexual abuse was even present in nice, Mormon neighborhoods. Now, 60% of the people know its a problem. And, many are trying to combat and solve the problem."
My recent anger was more of a natural frustration and rage. Not something I can't shake or something I carry around with me all the time. Yes, it's a problem, but I also have many other incredibly beautiful aspects of my simple life.
If I can do it, you can. I'd love to hear how you have learned to manage your anger without physically working out -- or relying on unhealthy coping mechanisms. (You know what those unhealthy actions are--if you have to hide it--it's probably unhealthy.) Please drop a note in the comments.
I can only deal by withdrawals. What's magnificent about you is that you keep up the battle against this scourge. Thank you.
Hey Shen, I get it. I think setting healthy boundaries and not getting caught up in the utter tragedy of "it all" is a solid plan. When I wrote about my frustration this year that 40% of the people in Utah don't think sexual abuse is a problem--I was trying to show that I have my moments of frustration and anger--but I'm not consumed by it. And, I tried to show how I reframed my thought processes dealing with my frustration about those 40%.
I believe I was able to shift my anger of: "Are you kidding me? Look at all the damage, the drugs, the mental illnesses, the kidnappings, murders and suicides still resulting from the abuse that occurred in an elite neighborhood in the 1970s--how can this 40% be so ignorant?"
To
Thirty plus years ago, almost everyone was in denial that childhood sexual abuse was even present in nice, Mormon neighborhoods. Now, 60% of the people know its a problem. And, many are trying to combat and solve the problem."
My recent anger was more of a natural frustration and rage. Not something I can't shake or something I carry around with me all the time. Yes, it's a problem, but I also have many other incredibly beautiful aspects of my simple life.