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How to Stop The #1 Self-Destructive Habit Messing Up Your Life

Negative habits consistently undermine your efforts.

I hate myself when I’m angry. When I get into a fight, it’s either you kill me, or we both die. That’s how terrifying my anger gets. So, to avoid reaching my boiling limit, I suppress my anger and keep myself locked up.

Anger is like bondage. It tucks you into a small container, you boil inside, expecting the container to expand, but it doesn’t.

I’ve discovered that the most effective cures for anger and depression are often free, painless, and fun. When I changed some habits that triggered my anger, I returned to my normal self in less than a year.

Now I can’t remember the last time I got so mad that I hated myself.

That doesn’t mean I don’t get angry. It means I now have more control over who I let anger me and how I react when provoked.

Writing helped manage my anger issues

Anger destroys your confidence, your productivity, your relationships, and your ability to enjoy life.

For a long time, I thought I was going crazy. I was convinced there was no hope for me. It sucked to see me helpless and dependent.

Anger and anxiety became my new best friends. I didn’t know how to shake it. One half of me was a raging beast while the other half tried to keep it together.

I took refuge in reading spiritual books and writing short stories for a living. I soon discovered that writing was therapeutic.

It became a place where I could authentically connect with my inner world. Writing became my most reliable way of processing emotions that I didn’t even know were inside me since childhood. I discovered shame, anger, fear, sadness, and self-pity.

Meditation relinquishes unresolved resentments

With meditation, I learned to accept my pain, even if only for a short period, and then surround it with tender love and care.

My pain was part of me, and I was tired of running away from it. It was time for me to face it.

So to remove the suppressed emotions that had trapped me for decades, I had to accept them-the anger, shame, and grief.

It is important to remember that anger does not have to be negative. It can help us communicate with others how we feel.

We can express anger in a way that is neither aggressive nor harmful. We don’t have to be afraid to show our emotions because we shouldn’t give them the power to control us.

If you enjoyed reading this story, sign up to my newsletter so you never miss any of my updates.