The Meltdown: Angry up the Blood edition
Welcome to the first official installment of The Meltdown Podcast. This one is all about anger. Not just any anger, but the anger that surpasses understanding. Take a listen and tell me what your thoughts are on this.
Music in the Meltdown: Let Go
Sites that I called out in this Meltdown:
- Cass Knits
- 3 Day Mom
- Simple Kind Of LIfe
- Borderline Symptoms
- Bipolar Disorder Symptoms
- Anger Resources
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Just listening in for a moment and I have to say first, I applaud you for putting this out there, for yourself and others to talk about the things we so often want to pretend aren’t there. I salute you for getting your hands dirty and being so courageous.
This is so relevant for me now, the topic of anger and what to do with it. I wrote a quick thing about it earlier, albeit with great hesitation, because as blissfully naked as I am, I struggle with letting out some deeper for feelings for fear of them having no end. My anger usually stays repressed, allowed to seep out occasionally in my art, be it clay, or sketch pad or paper and pen. It tends to be expressed more in tears than anything else, sort of a slow release of things I hold onto.
Anger for me turns inward to grief, sometimes shame and a bit of functional depression. I manage my responsibilities, but I tend to withdraw from social interaction because I can’t tolerate the pressure of trying to put on a good face and be what others need. The writing heals it, though lately I have avoided that. Clay helps is tremendously because of the physical energy it requires. Crochet sometimes helps, but I tend to use that time to fester on the things that cause me anxiety/grief…so sometimes I have to put the needle down and go to the thing that helps me most - physical exercise.
Be it running, yoga, pilates, meditation or just a good bit of gardening…physical labor helps me to release the physical burdens of containing anger. I sometimes do that, before I do anything else.
Thanks for sharing this. Hugs to you.
80%…wow.
I don’t ever get that “obliterate” you feeling. I hope you find a way to get past that.
I vent through writing if I have anger and used to shop or use food
i’m glad you’ve reached out for help
My husband would say the same exact thing about me, in reference to the 80% angry. I hate that he sees me like that, because, most people don’t - and because at my core, I don’t feel like that person - not at all. So it really sucks to know that that is the person I am putting forward to my family.
I’ve not been in the healthiest of places lately, so I’m not full of wisdom or advice. I can tell you what I did yesterday with my anger. I removed myself from the situation. I took my cup of coffee, went into my room alone, shut the door, and sat on the edge of the bed just calming myself down.
Great show, Bulletz! I hope it works out just like you want it to!
Anger, I have it, a lot of it. Express it? Most times, I suppose its a negative reaction and very unhappy, I hold it in and repress it until I blow up or disappear…like I am about to do now…I haven’t yet figured out how to have a healthy balance…
…Thanks so much for sharing this…you are so brave…
Great job! I will certainly be tuning in every week. I have a little cousin who has been diagnosed as bipolar and she too has cut herself. I couldn’t understand that at all. She has tried to explain, but I think the emotional attachment that I have to her wouldn’t allow me to totally accept what she was telling me. All I saw was that she was cutting herself. So thank you again. You are very brave for doing this and you have no idea how many you’re helping (directly and indirectly).
As for anger. I used to act it out very negatively. I wanted whoever made me angry to feel the way I felt and I didn’t stop until they did. I’ve since grown a great deal and have made much better decisions. Now, I stop, think and pray. I also write. Alot of my poems come from that angry place. I’ve tried rationalizing with myself, and venting to someone else but the human part of me can always come up with reasons to hurt someone (physically or emotionally). *wink* If after I’ve prayed and thought about it, I still need more perspective I have a few friends I trust, so I talk to them. Love Ya!!