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Anger

Almost nobody wants to be the person who says the thing they cannot take back. The window between the surge and the words is short and it can be widened. That is most of what this area is about, along with the fear or hurt that anger is usually protecting.

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What anger actually is 10 The fear underneath anger 5 When anger turns to harm 4 Righteous anger and perfectionism 4 The moment before you snap 3 Making it stick 2 Equanimity and perspective 2 Cool the body first 1 Choosing your response 1 What you are actually defending 1

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Anger numbs. If it is doing the work of a painkiller for you, it will be hard to put down while the pain underneath is still untreated.

Ask what tends to be there in the half hour before you flare: a bit of shame, feeling small, an old fear about being left. The anger often arrives to…

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