I am so consumed by anger at my laughable family i am literally shaking-i know all the platitudes about forgiveness, etc.....-where do you put the anger, the insults, the hurt-where do you put the hurt, besides a big box of brownies, or medication d'jour?
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I put it in a place where I can be honest about what my family is telling me. Is there any truth to what they are saying? Am I just not hearing what I want to? It's tough to be introspective at times, but it beats being in denial. If my family were simply a toxic bunch of people who hurt me. . .I might just cut all ties with them and save myself from being poisoned by their negativity. Once I have sorted everything out, I leave it in the past where it belongs and move on. No brownies, no drugs. Those only provide temporary relief and not long term solutions to dealing with life.
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A good antidote to family anger, especially at the holidays, is to watch Holly Hunter in 'Home for the Holidays.' That and hide out. Good luck.
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Get a new family I did huggs I can finally give you some points my family is criminals and are now mostly dead thank God.
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The airing of grievances is a nice annual holiday treat. No one is allowed to do anything about what is said, you just say what has been pissing you off or irritating you about the other person. As long as it is done in an orderly fashion and no one looses their cool then it is a wonderful stress relief.
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Perhaps you don't need to put your feelings anywhere? They may be perfectly appropriate.
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