The Anger Regulation Map

Have you said things you didn't mean when you were angry? Me too. This tool helped me stop.

Anger has never been just anger for me.
It’s been shame. Rejection. Fear. Childhood flashbacks with adult consequences.
It’s been a body that remembers danger before my mind can say we’re safe.

I’ve said things I regret.
I’ve threatened to leave when I didn’t mean it.
I’ve shut people down before they had a chance to care.

And for a long time, I told myself I…