Are you internalizing your anger?
By wyte059tyger
@wyte059tyger (141)
United States
September 25, 2008 9:25am CST
My daughter says I'm internalizing all my anger. She says that I am doing something awful to my stomach because I don't argue back when someone says something offensive to me.
I don't feel that I am holding it in. I just don't feel angry. If someone thinks I did something wrong, then that's their opinion and they are welcome to it. Why should I let them upset me? That means that they have control of some part of me.
My motto is "Forgive your enemies, but remember their names." That way they can't hurt you again; at least not in the same way.
What do you do when someone offends you?
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@bamakelly (5191)
• United States
25 Sep 08
I think you have some interesting ideas here about anger and the like. I do agree to a certain point. I do try to forgive the wrong doers and I do remember the people involved. I try not to let these things consume me because as you have said when you let someone upset you like that they are controlling some part of you.
Your daughter might just be concerned at the way you are handling certain situations. Maybe she just wants you to defend yourself. She cares.
She doesn't want to see you be hurt. You know that you wouldn't want your daughter to get hurt either.
When someone offends me I am pretty much a passive person. I just try to move on and let it roll off my back. I try to vent my anger in a constructive way and speak to my husband about. 
