Some children didn’t get angry because they were “difficult.” They got angry because their bodies carried feelings too big for anyone to help them hold.
As a child, you may have lived in a home where:
- emotions were explosive or unpredictable
- smaller feelings were ignored until they became impossible to contain
- adults reacted to your behavior instead of your experience
- your fear or sadness had nowhere safe to go
Your anger wasn’t misbehavior.
It was overwhelm.
And your body did what it needed to do to release pressure.