Have you ever just let it all out?

[vp44]

Yesterday I let out all of my anger and released some pain I was still feeling since my Dad passed away in June 2011. Experiences that made me mad and was holding onto that anger. The feeling of lost at times when I think about my Father. I feel much better now that I have gotten a lot off my mind. A feeling of refresh sorta of. I know I am probably never gonna stop missing my Father and will still cry every now and then but to get myself out of a slump I was in. Almost drove myself into a depression feeling. Just feels better especially when I was trying to be the always happy mommy for my son so he would not have any bad feelings. Sometimes he says he miss Grandpa but says he know grandpa is watching over him. I'm hoping the new year will be a great one and I am surely gonna work hard at it. Anyways I just wanted to share that and wondered if anyone else had feelings like this. 

[gkaps]

a high school teacher of mine used to say that people's emotions are like a covered pressure cooker if you don't let off steam occasionally it will burst out when you least expect it. So I say good for you it definately helps with the healing process.

[sherryinutah]

I can have an occasional melt down especially if I deal with a situation that I feel passionate about.

The last time I experienced this is when a stray cat was meowing at my door because she was hungry and my neighbor came outside and shot her with a paint ball gun.

An opportunity to confront him presented itself and some people might thing I over reacted.  I really let him have it and told him that animal abuse is punishable.  I have no regrets because it would have been unhealthy for me to "hold that" inside.

 

[nhendrickson]

@vp44.  I have experienced those same kinds of angry feelings around someone I was very close to that passed on.  I know I felt bad at the time while letting go of those feelings, but just acknowledging them and releasing them was better for my mental health in the long run.  Glad that you have been able to do this.

@sherryinutah  Good for you!  Small animals like that are pretty helpless against humans and certainly can't "tell" on the aggressor.  So it's up to humans to stand up for them. 

[ShadeTree]

Hmm..... I don't think I ever really have. I have had rare occasions where I let a little bit out, but that's about it. Sure, when I'm alone I might voice the things I'm immediately thinking when I've just left a situation that got me going (like an argument, or someone being really rude to me) but that's it. I keep a lot of things to myself, even though I really shouldn't. I need to be more vocal about things, even if it's something that I might regret saying later I still really need to start saying those things.

[shortnlovabl3]

i do all the time it's no good to keep it all up inside

[demaina]

Oh yeah.  That's the only way to deal with things for me.  I had a few years where 3 people died every year and dealing with that much all at once was really difficult.  Letting it out was the only way I could manage to deal with all the addition stress on top of the deaths as well.  I wish more people realized it though cause I think people would feel better and be less annoyed by little issues.

[vicogden]

I'm glad you decided to let it all out.  It seems like it has helped you get over the pain of missing your dad...

[champak97]

Yesterday I let out all of my anger and released some pain I was still feeling since my Dad passed away in June 2011. Experiences that made me mad and was holding onto that anger. The feeling of lost at times when I think about my Father. I feel much better now that I have gotten a lot off my mind. A feeling of refresh sorta of. I know I am probably never gonna stop missing my Father and will still cry every now and then but to get myself out of a slump I was in. Almost drove myself into a depression feeling. Just feels better especially when I was trying to be the always happy mommy for my son so he would not have any bad feelings. Sometimes he says he miss Grandpa but says he know grandpa is watching over him. I'm hoping the new year will be a great one and I am surely gonna work hard at it. Anyways I just wanted to share that and wondered if anyone else had feelings like this. 

I can understand how you feel. I have also felt the same way when I lost my dad. Sometimes, I think you never get over it completely.