Yes. I have been betrayed, my kids have been betrayed, I work as hard as I can while in pain and get no appreciation. Yet I still punish myself instead of expressing my anger when events come up. I can go back 10 or more years to all kinds of events with all kinds of people where I didn't express my anger. Instead I took on blame.
I am angry. Not hurt. Angry. No, I'm not sitting here festering over it. I'm just saying that I choose to push the hurt outward so it can be the anger that it was originally. Then, when the appropriate times come up I CAN express it. I can be myself, someone who is allowed to get angry.
Instead of the little boy who wasn't allowed to express his anger.
I seem to have alot of anger from being betrayed as well. Trying to change that anger into acceptance. I am sick of being angry and hurt and the reality is its not changing the situation. I am the only one hurting and angry.
Me: 46 FWS: 36 Married and Divorced 4/07, Pregnant 7/07,False R 7/07 Baby Girl born 3/08 Kicked him out because OW: 7/08 5/10 He realized what he had and lost. Moved home! REMARRIED 3/14/11!!