Anger
Many people repress anger – yet this keeps them stuck, disempowered, and their trauma and PTSD unresolved.
Common signs of repressed anger include:
You do not express your boundaries and needs
You avoid conflict and confrontation
You are afraid of anger – your own and others’ – fearing what it could do
You rarely feel angry
You usually deny that you are angry
Sometimes you blow up unexpectedly
Anger is a deeply misunderstood emotion. We are often taught from very young that anger is something bad. We then see people who mishandle anger by name-calling, blaming, or acting violently. Through this conditioning we associate anger as a destructive emotion that is to be avoided at all costs.
When we suppress anger we have unknowingly buried a treasure and are crippling ourselves in the process. When you learn to befriend anger, you realize that it is a gift and we just need to learn to work with it skillfully.
Anger at its core is not the yelling, the blaming, or the violence. Rather anger is first and foremost a visceral embodied emotion. It is hot, fiery, and tenses many of our muscles because it is preparing and readying our bodies to act. Anger wants us to have a voice, to have boundaries, to be able to protect ourselves, and to protect people we care about. And as we integrate our anger, we become connected to our healthy power.
Somatic Therapy will transform your relationship to anger. Through the process you will learn:
How to identify anger as a feeling in your body
Increased empowerment through feeling healthy power and strength in your body
Developing healthy boundaries through concrete practical processes
Deciphering when anger is giving you energy and strength to take action vs when you are triggered
Practises to work with anger when you are triggere
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