Have you been able to overcome it and grow?

  • RiverRock@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    I used to be a stereotypical wall puncher, it was so fucking embarassing. Been sober off the drywall dust for a few years now

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      19 hours ago

      What do you feel helped you move away from that?

      I was never a smasher so to speak but anger was a big thing for me before I learned about boundaries and quit people pleasing

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        10 hours ago

        I think it was a slow-burn, building awareness after every incident that this wasn’t someone i wanted to be: it felt juvenile and embarassing. One day it reached a point where that awareness matched the blind rage i felt and allowed me to choose (with difficulty) not to do it in the moment. After that the choice got easier each time until the urge faded away. I still yell more than I’d like but I’m no longer destructive