The Anger Workbook

Anger has always been something that I've struggled with. When I was young, anger wasn't allowed. Every way that I expressed my anger was wrong so I tried not to express it at all. But that didn't work. So it built up until it would explode out of me. And then that was met with more negative emotions. As a young adult, I'd stuff my emotions down - explode - apologize - rinse, and repeat. Honestly, it got worse. My anger was so uncontrolled that it spilled out into everything. The first step on my self-love journey was facing that anger. I was *really* angry and I found it hard to love someone who was so destructive. I went on this journey of learning to manage my anger and I then I went in the complete opposite direction - in a bad way. I thought that healing meant not being angry at all. I thought it meant being so full of love, light, and positivity that there was no room for anger. In reality, I was just learning how to stuff it down better. I became so passive - so "I'm going to le