Even when we think we don’t have a choice, there is always a choice, even if it’s just the power to choose how we think about our life. It’s likely we are more capable of changing our situation than we believe.

Experiencing unhealthy expressions of anger, leave children to believe that anger is unacceptable. This could be anger expressed violently. Or, suppressed anger. It’s important to acknowledge your anger and resolve what is triggering it.

Burying your anger and fear in the hope that you will not feel alone. We hold ourselves back when we don’t feel our feelings. We end up passive. We don’t live up to our potential.

When we bury our feelings, we bury who we are. We learn to hide parts of ourselves. At the time, that may have helped us. We try to manage it all ourselves or the people we reach out to don’t understand how difficult it is to really keep all of this contained. 

You know there has to be more to life than this. You wish you knew how to heal your past so you can be happy and successful in the present.

Fear that when we drop the mask that others will no longer care for us, we will not feel accepted or loved.