Re: I SHOULD get angry!

[Guest guest]

I did some 'work' today too and came to a somewhat similar conclusion.

And after I realized that it was okay for me to be angry I noticed a

lot of my anger started dissipating...because a lot of my anger was

about feeling like I *shouldn't* be angry.

Funny how giving myself " permission " to feel angry made much, but not

all, of the anger go away.

>

> today got irritated/annoyed/downright angry about some stuff.

>

> did some 'work' around that belief, and now i realize it's okay to

> get angry. what's wrong with getting angry? in this moment i can't

> think of anything. i welcome it.

>

> there's an old Patridge Family song that goes something like;

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> come on everybody get happeeeeee...

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> well, how bout everybody get angry. ahhhh, what freedom to not be

> resisting that.

>

> tis the season to be angry, fa la la la la.. la la la la

> lol

>

> now i almost look forward to go into some shopping mall, to see and

> feel the anger that might arise as the crowds thicken, as tempers

> shorten, as wallets empty, as time til christ mass quickly slips away

>

> - Mad

>

[Guest guest]

This is also my experience - that resisting feeling angry creates more

angry energy.

For me it is like a pot of water on a stove - with a lid on the pot

(the lid being " I shouldn't get angry " ) the pressure builds up and it

boils over repeatedly.

Without the lid on the pot, the water still boils at times, but not as

intensely or fiercely and there's more room to look at what is causing it.

I like getting at the beliefs underneath stuff, so completing this

kind of sentence works for me:

If I get angry (or any other emotion) then....

Some of mine are:

= People won't like me

- I will be out of control

- I will have to leave

With love,

Jon