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I get to be the Easter Bunny :hug:you can lay as many eggs as you want (as long as they're chocolate)
Might this not be perceived as aggressive?On cue I'm walking away
People express it in different ways, but the drive behind the expression is still anger and that somebody else needs to recieve it.
People can be extremely nasty, damaging and abusive based on their blame and anger, whilst not swearing or shouting. The same thinking is behind it - that somebody else should be hurt, because the angry person is hurting
But I don't aim those feelings at another person, because I don't want to hurt them.
what makes it ok for them to hurt others?
The justification seems to be that they are annoyed or hurt by the way someone else has treated them, and that makes it ok for them to hurt others.
Regarding intent, what intent is there in firing angry words at others? Even if that intent is to express someones own feeling, surely there must be some awareness that expressing it in that way WILL upset and hurt others?
@Solara, this is Advanced Anger Awareness and Management :Danother cover emotion
Sorry survivor2thriver, I don't understand what you mean in practical terms. I understand that as a child you dealt with abuse by being angry at abusers. Was it ever expressed at people who weren't abusing you? And the same question for now - you see I'm not suggesting that anger shouldn't be expressed, I'm saying that it's never right (with the exception of being in physical danger), to express it by firing it at other people.
@Meadowsweet, what is your 'personal relationship' with anger / aggression?
I think there can be a lot of subjectivity. Sometimes a person who expresses themselves strongly is communicating with a person who is highly sensitive, and their perceptions of what's happening will be very different. Anyone observing is also going to bring their own reactions into it.
Retreating is aggressive?