The Anger - Anxiety Fieldtrip That Did NOT Go Well | Praise Podcast

Today, we're exploring a spectacular anger-anxiety connection fail as we go deeper into Mental Health Awareness Month. Tune in!

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00:00:00 --> 00:00:00 Today,

00:00:00 --> 00:00:06 we're exploring a spectacular anger-anxiety connection fail as we go

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00:00:44 --> 00:00:50 The day after I finally post a bit about the anger-anxiety connection,

00:00:50 --> 00:00:53 it's like I'm handed a homework assignment.

00:00:54 --> 00:01:00 In addition to the big fat F on my paper, I got a note from the teacher.

00:01:01 --> 00:01:02 Here's what happened.

00:01:03 --> 00:01:08 I always say these episodes are ripped from the headlines of my life.

00:01:09 --> 00:01:13 When I'm struggling with something, y'all know it because BOOM episode.

00:01:14 --> 00:01:18 I've always struggled with low frustration tolerance and anger,

00:01:18 --> 00:01:21 but I don't consider myself to be an angry person.

00:01:22 --> 00:01:25 So I've just kept digging and digging for answers.

00:01:27 --> 00:01:33 Our last episode finally explained it in such a way that resonated so deeply

00:01:33 --> 00:01:34 with me.

00:01:35 --> 00:01:36 It was like a ringer,

00:01:36 --> 00:01:42 a note that rang so true I could feel it in my core.

00:01:44 --> 00:01:47 As laid out in a number of episodes throughout our time together,

00:01:48 --> 00:01:52 I've modeled how I've continued to tighten up boundary lines that keep

00:01:52 --> 00:01:52 getting

00:01:52 --> 00:01:53 trampled over,

00:01:54 --> 00:01:57 to the point I've all but shut off my phone.

00:01:59 --> 00:02:04 Things really came to a head a couple of weeks ago when I had my autoresponder

00:02:04 --> 00:02:04 on

00:02:05 --> 00:02:08 and still got texts and calls saying urgent,

00:02:09 --> 00:02:09 but we're not.

00:02:11 --> 00:02:15 Even though there wasn't much else I could batten down boundary-wise,

00:02:16 --> 00:02:18 I had a follow-up meeting with a group of folks,

00:02:19 --> 00:02:21 and it did not go well.

00:02:22 --> 00:02:26 I ended up speaking out about the repeated boundary breaches,

00:02:27 --> 00:02:31 and I'll just say I was pointed in my comments.

00:02:33 --> 00:02:34 So afterwards,

00:02:34 --> 00:02:37 licking my wounds that maybe I spoke too freely,

00:02:38 --> 00:02:43 Ikepthearingmyselftalkabouttheanger-anxietyconnectioninmyheadand

00:02:44 --> 00:02:48 realized I was in my feelings because I felt vulnerable,

00:02:49 --> 00:02:49 hurt.

00:02:50 --> 00:02:52 disrespected and attacked.

00:02:53 --> 00:02:57 That's where I felt like I had a scarlet F on my forehead.

00:02:58 --> 00:02:59 Then,

00:03:00 --> 00:03:01 irony of all ironies,

00:03:02 --> 00:03:04 which was probably not irony at all,

00:03:05 --> 00:03:08 but a clear message from the Teacher Himself,

00:03:09 --> 00:03:13 I got a notice from the library that a book I had on hold came in.

00:03:15 --> 00:03:18 A book about the anger-anxiety connection.

00:03:19 --> 00:03:22 Like, here, woman, read this now!

00:03:24 --> 00:03:28 So now I'm spanking myself and feeling like I got spanked too,

00:03:29 --> 00:03:31 even though I absolutely know,

00:03:32 --> 00:03:33 without a doubt,

00:03:34 --> 00:03:38 I was right and justified in defending my boundaries.

00:03:39 --> 00:03:44 It was just the way I went about it that's got me feeling funky and blue.

00:03:46 --> 00:03:49 I need to remember God will fight for me.

00:03:50 --> 00:03:54 Exodus 14.14 says, The Lord will fight for you.

00:03:55 --> 00:03:58 You need only to be still.

00:04:00 --> 00:04:01 And Deuteronomy 3.22.

00:04:02 --> 00:04:05 Do not be afraid of them,

00:04:06 --> 00:04:10 for the Lord your God himself will fight for you.

00:04:12 --> 00:04:14 I've moved myself into neutral,

00:04:14 --> 00:04:16 remembering the Gray Rock episode,

00:04:18 --> 00:04:20 and will just communicate clear boundaries.

00:04:21 --> 00:04:26 But like that Momo chick on that podcast is always saying,

00:04:27 --> 00:04:27 when you mess up,

00:04:28 --> 00:04:29 get back up.

00:04:30 --> 00:04:31 Make the course corrections.

00:04:32 --> 00:04:36 And I'll add, read the book and get back on the horse.

00:04:38 --> 00:04:43 And she also says, bestow copious amounts of self-grace.

00:04:45 --> 00:04:48 I don't feel like I can even offer a Momoism today,

00:04:48 --> 00:04:53 but just listen to my own words in the episodes mentioned here and linked below.

00:04:55 --> 00:04:58 What mental health connections are you making in your own life?

00:04:59 --> 00:05:00 Chime in below.

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