if I DON'T destroy the world with my raaaage, that must prove my anger isn't "legitimate."
Oh, my God, so much this.
Yeah, my rage feels pretty puny when I *do* let it out, and THAT pisses me off, too. It's a big complicated mess.
What? I'm not allowed to hit people? Wesley: Not people capable of genocide. Angel: Those are exactly the types of people I should be allowed to hit!
'Just Rewards (2)'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Sep 17, 2014 8:45:11 am PDT #6378 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Lee - Sep 17, 2014 8:57:07 am PDT #6379 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Thanks all! And Happy Phoenix Day!
Tom Scola - Sep 17, 2014 8:58:17 am PDT #6380 of 30000
hwæt
Yeah, years of having my feelings ignored by my parents makes me feel like I can't get angry unless I'm somehow profound about it.
Steph L. - Sep 17, 2014 9:04:59 am PDT #6381 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Yeah, years of having my feelings ignored by my parents makes me feel like I can't get angry unless I'm somehow profound about it.
You can get past that, though, and get to a point where you can just be angry in a non-profound way. Seriously. Would Scrappy and I lie?
And I think you shouldn't ignore how huge it is -- if you're like me -- that you could identify and then acknowledge that you're angry at your parents. It look me until I was in my 30s, I'm pretty sure, to stop thinking the world would end if I was angry at my parents for doing shit that was/is legitimately rage-inducing. Before that, I really thought that if I even admitted I was angry at my parents -- my god, HOW could I even think I had the RIGHT to be angry at them??? -- the world would fucking end. There was no bigger rule than You Feel How I Say You Feel.
sumi - Sep 17, 2014 9:09:38 am PDT #6382 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Happy Birthday Lee!
Sophia Brooks - Sep 17, 2014 9:13:42 am PDT #6383 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Happy Birthday Lee!
I think you should be proud, Tom Scola. I have mostly succeeded in not being angry by also not caring much about my mom. And then I feel guilty, because she is not horrible.
sumi - Sep 17, 2014 9:16:42 am PDT #6384 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Zenkitty - Sep 17, 2014 9:16:54 am PDT #6385 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Yeah, years of having my feelings ignored by my parents makes me feel like I can't get angry unless I'm somehow profound about it.
Jeez, guys, this is exactly what I was talking to my therapist about an hour ago. How if I'm not on the verge of dying, my feelings aren't worth having, let alone expressing. And if I feel so angry I want to Hulk-smash the world, well, I'm just calling attention to myself, I don't get to have such strong emotions. And especially I don't get to be angry with my family. Biggest no-no of all.
Zenkitty - Sep 17, 2014 9:17:30 am PDT #6386 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
And, Happy Birthday, Lee!
Jesse - Sep 17, 2014 9:46:37 am PDT #6387 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, you guys. I support you in having and dealing with and/or expressing feelings of all kinds!
In minor victories news, I just got an email that my new sunglasses have been delivered to the store. Except I meant to have them shipped to my house. BUT THEN I realized I have a massage appointment on Saturday, right by the glasses store! Everything works out.