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Anger vs. Walking Away Have you ever had to walk away from your crying child because you were so angry? Did you feel like your behaviour was increasingly difficult to control? Did you feel like your emotions were controlling your body and mind? Then did you feel guilty afterwards for walking away? You are not alone ❤️ Anger is a feeling we all experience. Healthy expressions of anger are not particularly harmful to children. In fact this models how to express your anger safely. The issue is… most of us are used to either suppressing our anger and/or letting it out in potentially harmful ways. Quite simply… Being exposed to unhealthy expressions of parent anger is more damaging than being left alone to cry for a few minutes. If you are able to process your anger in a safe and healthy way, around your child, that is ideal. Because they get to bare witness to how you process big emotions and self-regulate. Sometimes we need to practice these skills alone before we’re ready to try them in our children’s presence. The Guide to Survival Mode Plans details what happens in these moments of dysregulation, how to plan and prepare for them, how to process your thoughts and emotions and how to process the feelings of guilt associated with walking away. Get the Guide through the link in my bio @responsive_parenting or click on the purse icon in the corner of the PREVIOUS POST 😊 J. Milburn #responsiveparenting #jmilburn #parentanger #postpartumrage #postpartummentalhealth #ppd #ppa #parentingsupport #maternalmentalhealth #maternalmentalhealthmatters #allthefeelsareok https://www.instagram.com/p/CYAVOMELJbC/?utm_medium=tumblr

Parent Anger vs. Walking Away Have you ever had to walk away from your crying child because you were so angry? Did you feel like your behaviour was increasingly difficult to control? Did you feel like your emotions were controlling your body and mind? Then did you feel guilty afterwards for walking away? You are not alone ❤️ Anger is a feeling we all experience. Healthy expressions of anger are not particularly harmful to children. In fact this models how to express your anger safely. The issue is… most of us are used to either suppressing our anger and/or letting it out in potentially harmful ways. Quite simply… Being exposed to unhealthy expressions of parent anger is more damaging than being left alone to cry for a few minutes. If you are able to process your anger in a safe and healthy way, around your child, that is ideal. Because they get to bare witness to how you process big emotions and self-regulate. Sometimes we need to practice these skills alone before we’re ready to try them in our children’s presence. The Guide to Survival Mode Plans details what happens in these moments of dysregulation, how to plan and prepare for them, how to process your thoughts and emotions and how to process the feelings of guilt associated with walking away. Get the Guide through the link in my bio @responsive_parenting J. Milburn #responsiveparenting #jmilburn #momrage #postpartumrage #postpartummentalhealth #maternalmentalhealth #parentmentalhealth #parentingchallenges #selfregulate #selfregulation #coregulation #emotional #parenthood #healingjourney #parentanger #innerchild #innerchildhealing #restorativetime #selfcarematters #selfcareformoms #selfcarefordads #selfcareforparents https://www.instagram.com/responsive_parenting/p/CXmhVwHL3O1/?utm_medium=tumblr

Gave some pretty helpful advice today (if I do say so myself lol) about what prioritizing self-regulation looks like in the pursuit of reducing parent anger. I have some tools I’ve created during my difficult journey to reduce my parent anger. There is a link in my bio if you want try them out for yourself; click on the Healing Journey Bundle. This interaction below is an example of this process in action ❤️ @meryangrymom “Prioritize self regulation tnx, that was the sentence I needed” responsive_parenting @meryangrymom “an example would be, you walk in on something (a mess) you are "not happy about" you feel yourself growing angry, you want to respond to the mess with shouting and blame because now you have to clean it. That's all valid... Now, if the mess is not hurting anyone, walk away from it, take a minute to self-regulate. That will NOT sound like "why am I so upset? I shouldn't be so upset! It's just mess! They're kids!" What it should sound like is "whoa! So proud of myself for walking out of here before I blew up. That is a big mess. No wonder I feel frustrated. Now what can I do to help myself with that frustration?" J. Milburn @responsive_parenting #responsiveparenting #jmilburn #healingjourney #parentanger #postpartumrage #postpartummentalhealth #maternalmentalhealth #paternalmentalhealth #angrymom #angrydad #healingisaprocess https://www.instagram.com/p/CWJJbJJLqPb/?utm_medium=tumblr

Parent Anger vs. Walking Away Have you ever had to walk away from your crying child because you were so angry? Did you feel like your behaviour was increasingly difficult to control? Did you feel like your emotions were controlling your body and mind? Then did you feel guilty afterwards for walking away? You are not alone ❤️ Anger is a feeling we all experience. Healthy expressions of anger are not particularly harmful to children. In fact this models how to express your anger safely. The issue is… most of us are used to either suppressing our anger and/or letting it out in potentially harmful ways. Quite simply… Being exposed to unhealthy expressions of parent anger is more damaging than being left alone to cry for a few minutes. If you are able to process your anger in a safe and healthy way, around your child, that is ideal. Because they get to bare witness to how you process big emotions and self-regulate. Sometimes we need to practice these skills alone before we’re ready to try them in our children’s presence. The Guide to Survival Mode Plans details what happens in these moments of dysregulation, how to plan and prepare for them, how to process your thoughts and emotions and how to process the feelings of guilt associated with walking away. Get the Guide through the link in my bio @responsive_parenting J. Milburn #responsiveparenting #jmilburn #momrage #postpartumrage #postpartummentalhealth #maternalmentalhealth #parentmentalhealth #parentingchallenges #selfregulate #selfregulation #coregulation https://www.instagram.com/p/CV6LlWwLOGq/?utm_medium=tumblr

Parent Anger vs. Walking Away Have you ever had to walk away from your crying child because you were so angry? Did you feel like your behaviour was increasingly difficult to control? Did you feel like your emotions were controlling your body and mind? Then did you feel guilty afterwards for walking away? You are not alone ❤️ Anger is a feeling we all experience. Healthy expressions of anger are not particularly harmful to children. In fact this models how to express your anger safely. The issue is… most of us are used to either suppressing our anger and/or letting it out in potentially harmful ways. Quite simply… Being exposed to unhealthy expressions of parent anger is more damaging than being left alone to cry for a few minutes. If you are able to process your anger in a safe and healthy way, around your child, that is ideal. Because they get to bare witness to how you process big emotions and self-regulate. Sometimes we need to practice these skills alone before we’re ready to try them in our children’s presence. The Guide to Survival Mode Plans details what happens in these moments of dysregulation, how to plan and prepare for them, how to process your thoughts and emotions and how to process the feelings of guilt associated with walking away. Get the Guide through the link in my bio @responsive_parenting or click on the purse icon in the corner. J. Milburn #responsiveparenting #jmilburn #parentanger #postpartumrage #postpartummentalhealth #ppd #ppa #parentingsupport #maternalmentalhealth #maternalmentalhealthmatters #allthefeelsareok https://www.instagram.com/p/CTpxbSdFZv9/?utm_medium=tumblr

Parent Anger vs. Walking Away Have you ever had to walk away from your crying child because you were so angry? Did you feel like your behaviour was increasingly difficult to control? Did you feel like your emotions were controlling your body and mind? Then did you feel guilty afterwards for walking away? You are not alone ❤️ Anger is a feeling we all experience. Healthy expressions of anger are not particularly harmful to children. In fact this models how to express your anger safely. The issue is… most of us are used to either suppressing our anger and/or letting it out in potentially harmful ways. Quite simply… Being exposed to unhealthy expressions of parent anger is more damaging than being left alone to cry for a few minutes. If you are able to process your anger in a safe and healthy way, around your child, that is ideal. Because they get to bare witness to how you process big emotions and self-regulate. Sometimes we need to practice these skills alone before we’re ready to try them in our children’s presence. The Guide to Survival Mode Plans details what happens in these moments of dysregulation, how to plan and prepare for them, how to process your thoughts and emotions and how to process the feelings of guilt associated with walking away. Get the Guide through the link in my bio @responsive_parenting or click on the purse icon in the corner. J. Milburn #responsiveparenting #jmilburn #parentanger #postpartumrage #postpartummentalhealth #ppd #ppa #parentingsupport #maternalmentalhealth #maternalmentalhealthmatters #allthefeelsareok https://www.instagram.com/p/CTpiMxdLpqS/?utm_medium=tumblr