Anger, 2

Underneath. Anger positions itself over unearthed emotions. Like disappointment, how it hides behind resentment. Like loneliness, how it loiters inside aggression. Journal Prompt: Under my anger is…

Anger, 1

In Your Body. Anger is amplified body stress, demonstrating in your chest, shoulders, and knuckles. Journal Prompt: Where does anger happen in your body?

Feeling Your Way Through Depression, 6

Numb. Disconnected. Distant. Unresponsive. Glacial. Depression carries a desire to stay far enough away to not feel.

Feeling Your Way Through Depression, 5

Abandonment. Guard down, exposed, left to the abyss of the cold floor and your negative thoughts. Depression feels a lot like abandonment. Journal Prompts: I feel abandoned by...

Feeling Your Way Through Depression, 4

Active. Depression can appear withdrawn and apathetic, far from active. But in reality, depression contains a lot of energy beneath the surface, energy that has been hurt and disappointed. Journal Prompts: Depressive energy inside me is like...

Feeling Your Way Through Depression, 3

Anger. Depression frequently lugs pockets of anger. This anger can feel a lot like a loss of hope. A resignation. An unobserved crawl to surrender. Journal Prompts: I have lost hope in...

Relationships: Journal Prompt 9

While both 'deal' with anger, they deal with it from a dysregulated place. Instead, we owe our relationships the space to deal with anger from a regulated—calm—place.

Anger: Journal Prompt 5

Stale anger can linger from old family dynamics. Painful narratives that make you feel boxed in or ruminating labels that you struggle to leave in the past. These are places anger can fester if you don't allow them to be heard and worked through. Prompt: Family dynamics bring up... Day 6

Anger: Journal Prompt 4

Anger can bring out unkind parts. The parts of you that are unsettled and unwell. Like your unmerited irritability with a receptionist. Or the flares of judgment with strangers. Prompt: I experience my unsettled and unwell parts when… Day 5

Anger: Journal Prompt 3

Anger can be passive aggressive, which is to say, it can show up indirectly and not in response to what you are truly angry about. Like sometimes the trash bag doesn't fit the can correctly and my anger shows up. Anger that I more likely feel towards a sense of loss. Or when I am … Continue reading Anger: Journal Prompt 3 →