On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Elnora Van Winkle wrote:

> Fear and anger are both normal emotions of
> the fight or flight reaction. I didn't find figuring out why I did
> something as very helpful in my recovery. I knew that when I felt fear,
> it was a sign that anger was trying to emerge and a good time to
> recognize that if it was misdirected, I could redirect it toward early
> abusers and in that way speed up my healing process.

hope this is not too far off topic...
it's not the figuring out why that I'm concerned with. I'm just noting,
that you use fear as a signal that you could redirect some anger.
Whereas I have used anger as a signal to experience fear. perhaps these
are different kinds of fears.

Lucia