Maybe I think that I'm not in the worst-case scenario. Maybe I will loosen my hold on the weight of everything in me and allow myself to float up into happiness I've never felt.
it’s a tender reflection on how unspoken anger can shape a child’s inner world, and how we only begin to understand it years later, through distance and age. the part about hiding like a little mouse. this is so beautiful☹️
This piece pulses with emotional honesty and quiet revelations. What struck me most was how you wove memory and introspection into something as deceptively ordinary as a chair, transforming it into a symbol of generational emotion, survival, and identity. Your exploration of anger—both inherited and absorbed—carries a rare clarity, refusing easy blame and instead inviting complexity. It’s powerful the way you sit with the discomfort rather than trying to resolve it quickly. The closing paragraph, especially, offers a gentle, earned hope that doesn't deny the weight of what came before.
I think working with anger as an emotion has really helped me learn how to sit with discomfort. I've been at this a while. Here's an old post from when it first came up: https://miao.substack.com/p/anger-and-aggression
it’s a tender reflection on how unspoken anger can shape a child’s inner world, and how we only begin to understand it years later, through distance and age. the part about hiding like a little mouse. this is so beautiful☹️
Thank you for reading! 💖
This piece pulses with emotional honesty and quiet revelations. What struck me most was how you wove memory and introspection into something as deceptively ordinary as a chair, transforming it into a symbol of generational emotion, survival, and identity. Your exploration of anger—both inherited and absorbed—carries a rare clarity, refusing easy blame and instead inviting complexity. It’s powerful the way you sit with the discomfort rather than trying to resolve it quickly. The closing paragraph, especially, offers a gentle, earned hope that doesn't deny the weight of what came before.
I think working with anger as an emotion has really helped me learn how to sit with discomfort. I've been at this a while. Here's an old post from when it first came up: https://miao.substack.com/p/anger-and-aggression