Newsy, I do that thing too where sometimes I take a pause or it takes me a day or two to see how I actually feel about something. This has been a thing for me to do thoughtfully instead of acting out in anger off the bat. It's been a help with my temper, and it's been helpful at understanding why I feel the way I do about certain things. Anger (for me) isn't always anger, it's frustration or exhaustion or something more complex. But it's easier to default to anger because it gets the poison out of your body and puts it on someone else.
"Am I mad? I feel like I am expected to be, but I'm not" ..... comes from shedding the burden of others' expectations and really living within what is true to you!
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