Could you tell me a time you felt angry?

People who know me will tell you I get easily wound up. My first reaction to a lot of situations is to get angry. When I’m frustrated I’ll turn to anger, when I’m upset I turn to anger, when I’m hungry I’ll most certainly turn to anger. It’s not until I’ve matured (slightly) that I started to reflect on why this might be, and realised that I’ve spent a lot of my life with an underlying tone of anger inside. 

My observations towards the past give me some indication into the origin of this, in that as a child there were many things I was scared and upset about. I didn’t know how to express this, there wasn’t anyone I could express this to and the build-up of inner turmoil transformed itself into a painful feeling in my chest I now know as anger.

I’ve found a way to release this feeling to an extent, as I’ve grown older I’m an extremely opinionated person and I love when someone challenges me on this. Getting heated through political and social discussions is a great filter and a perfect way to channel the energy of anger building up. I also have an amazing partner who has enabled me to reflect on myself and control my emotions. I’m still riled up quite easily, but most of the time now it turns into laughter.