More and more I'm finding that anger and anxiety seem to be closely intertwined. I'm the type of person to bottle up my anger rather than let someone know how I really feel. It seems these types of people are more prone to anxiety. As I somewhat explained before, I had a rough ride through my late teenage years. I had a lot of anger bottled up, and I just packed it away... Never told anyone what I experienced or told my parents how what they did to me really affected me. I learned this bottling up of anger during that time period. I still hold in my feelings. I was never that type, but I learned to be to protect myself. Now I see that was a bad idea, as holding in so much can cause so many problems. When you don't take care of yourself, you'll feel it, even if it is years down the road. I'll look up some articles to post later... Perhaps some of you can relate and find some help through this.
I plan on being more vocal about what I feel now. It never feels good to hold back what I have to say. Something my therapist recommended was "pinning" my problems to my punching bag, and beating the shit out of them. I'm not a violent person, and I was a bit perplexed by this, but I'm willing to try anything to help reduce my anxiety... I'll be back later with that survey and some articles for you guys to read.
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