An effect of trauma

Rage or anger that is hard to control

Anger that comes fast, feels bigger than the situation, or has caused harm to relationships or situations. Sometimes the only emotion that was safe to express. Sometimes the fight response wired in so deep it activates before conscious thought. Anger that you do not always want and cannot always stop.

One more thing worth saying plainly: this began as protection. At some point it was the thing that got you through. If it is still running now that the danger has passed, that is not a flaw in you. It is proof of how hard something once worked to keep you safe.

It can sound like

“My anger is hard to control.” “I explode over small things.” “My anger scares people.” “I say things I do not mean.” “I am ashamed of how angry I get.”

If any of those sentences live in your head too, you are in good company here.

Experiences this often follows

Effects do not come from nowhere. These are some of the experiences that people who carry this one often describe. You do not need to have been through any of them for what you feel to be real.

Nothing on this page is a diagnosis, and nothing here decides what is wrong with you, because nothing is wrong with you. Something happened to you. This page exists so that when you are ready, you can find people who understand it from the inside.

You do not have to carry this alone.

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