I remember years ago wondering why I was so messed up when nothing “that bad” had actually happened to me. This a question a lot of my clients face when they look back at their childhoods. Ok, their childhoods weren’t perfect by any stretch, but in the context of world problems they weren’t that horrific either. So why all the struggle with anxiety, depression, relationships …
We all have different ways of expressing anger. For some of us there’s an audible explosion – we raise our voices, shout and scream or even get physical. For others, there’s an internal contraction or shutting down. We go silent, give clipped one-word answers and radiate that unmistakable energy of hate or contempt.
Some people appear angelic to the outside world but then …