Mental Health Support

Not as much as the previous one but I'm getting to be more comfortable talking with him as time goes on. We didn't really cover any new ground that I was not already aware of but it was good to talk about it nonetheless. Mostly it centred around how passive I've learned to be emotionally. I bottle up my emotions and never have a strong opinion on anything that might cause emotional turmoil in the family. I do everything possible to hide from conflict. Another central theme is that I don't have a healthy attitude towards anger as an emotion. I NEVER let myself be angry and shy away from ALL situations in which anger might surface. I've learned this from my family in which anger has NEVER been a productive emotion. It's always been destructive, or hurtful, nothing positive has ever come from it so better to bottle it up and deny it. Of course the bad thing about this is it will surface one way or another, probably in a less healthy way.