On this episode of the Being Effectively Podcast, Forrest and affiliate therapist Elizabeth Ferreira discuss wholesome (and unhealthy) anger. They problem the frequent framing of anger as a “secondary emotion,” and discover why anger issues, the way it pertains to trauma, and what it could actually inform us about our needs and desires. They talk about how you can entry wholesome protest and work with much less wholesome types of anger like explosive rage, repression, defensiveness, passive aggression, and righteousness. Elizabeth shares insights from each her private expertise as somebody with CPTSD and scientific observe.
Key Subjects
- 0:00: Introduction: Why anger issues, and why it’s misunderstood
- 3:32: How trauma shapes our relationship to anger
- 5:40: Bypassing anger in remedy
- 9:04: What occurs when anger is suppressed
- 12:29: Reclaiming anger: submit, explode, or one thing else
- 15:45: Anger as a sign of needs and desires
- 16:20: Boundaries, protest, and sophisticated trauma
- 25:01: When CPTSD makes it onerous to know what you need
- 30:06: Dissociation, structural trauma, and accessing anger
- 35:04: Why we’d like others to co-regulate large feelings
- 43:20: Emotional duty, self-awareness, and restore
- 53:26: Reconnecting with needs and desires via play
Forrest is now writing on Substack, take a look at his work there.
