Unjustified anger toward your therapist?

[storyworld]

Hello, all,

I am feeling anger, or frustration, or something toward my therapist--and really, I think everyone. A strong desire to not talk to or connect with anyone and to just retreat by myself in my room. And for no reason. Like, no one has done anything to make me angry or want to withdraw from them. Although I am angered in relation to something my mom has done, and I think when I have frustrations or hurt in one relationship, I maybe tend to withdraw and feel frustrated with them all.

[Armee]

 I often feel emotions acting through my body that I have no connection with and don't know why they are there or what triggered them. There can be a huge disconnect with this cptsd injury thing. It'd probably be pretty helpful to talk it thru with T

[Blueberry]

I am feeling anger, or frustration, or something toward my therapist--and really, I think everyone. A strong desire to not talk to or connect with anyone and to just retreat by myself in my room.

Hi Storyworld,

I'm sorry nobody noticed your post till now. Or nobody noticed who had the wherewithal to answer up till now.

I can resonate really well with what you write. Especially this 'just retreat by myself'. In fact, I think it might be more due to anxiety now in my case than anger, although it can be suppressed anger in my case too I think.

I agree with Armee that it'd be a good idea to talk to your T about it. A good T ought to not take that personally. A good trauma-informed T had really better not! I hope you have a good trauma-informed T!!

I also think it makes a lot of sense to draw back from all relationships when you get hurt again in a relationship with an important person from the past. Parents may not be important now but they certainly were when we were dependent children. 

[Papa Coco]

My therapist actually thanks me whenever I feel safe enough with him to tell him that I don't like what he's saying or how he's making me feel.  He knows that we use anger to keep our problems hidden, and he says he can work with me better if I'll openly admit when I'm angry at him.