Rowen....
I haven't read the entire thread, only the last page of posts. And yes i saw your post before you deleted it. ...
What i am seeing is the problem dealing with the ...."negative" emotions....
Anger......hate.....aggression.....fear. All of the things that are ingrained in us as things we should not feel.....should not act on.....should not use......should not acknowledge......and are BAD BAD BAD BAD....
You are allowed to be angry about what happened to you.....use the anger to your advantage...you earned it.......let the rest go. You DO NOT need to attribute your strength to them......it is yours and yours alone.
You are allowed to hate the people who harmed and hurt you.....and never feel guilty saying it......you do NOT have to like them or even interact with them.
You feel its wrong to lash our with painful emotions...it is not....you just need to channel where the lash falls.......
You are allowed to feel fear.....the fear that you have now somehow been made unlovable.....yes you may fear this....but you are very lovable.....
We feel how we feel. These emotions should never be denied you. These feeling should never be discounted by others as something you .."should not feel"... If you feel it, you feel it. It is neither good nor bad
I call the collective of these emotions.....the beast. The beast the waits inside. Its there always within us...
I have a very large beast and its powerful and strong......it waits....it watches....and it protects me.....it is part of me and i do not deny its existence....nor will i try to kill it. It to has a right to live....
but that being said.....
That beast wears MY collar.....and is on MY leash. I control the beast......the beast does not control me......