Anger is the appropriate response to being trapped in a series of Prisoner's Dilemmas with someone who only chooses Betray.
I don't like being angry. I don't like being an angry person. But also my CPTSD healing is teaching me that my anger isn't something to be ashamed of either. It's a way of staying safe, of recognizing when my boundaries are being crossed. And oh boy have they been crossed.
The outcome of divorce negotiations means freedom but has also left me filled with a deep, quiet anger that has no place to go. I deeply wish for claws that would let me leave some large ominous marks on walls downtown or something.
And the even harder to explain "I'm glad this exists but am angry it has to exist"
Yesterday had my first of what I assume will be many instances of having to explain to a cis person that while I'm glad Will & Harper exists, I don't feel a need to watch it because I.. already know how trans people are treated?
Dot. So regal