FSA Recovery Affirmation: The Healing Power of Healthy Anger
Honoring the experience of 'righteous rage' in response to scapegoat injustices
Record yourself reading today’s affirmation! Research indicates that reading affirmations in your own voice can be more effective than listening to an affirmation being read by someone else. I therefore encourage you to find a private, quiet place and read the below affirmation out loud while playing the below audio clip featuring music by Liborio Conti, who generously provides his work royalty and copyright free. Record yourself reading the affirmation and play it back to allow it to further penetrate into your deep unconscious. (You can download a free MP3 App recorder from the Apple apps or Google Play store).
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“I now give myself permission to feel the stirring of anger within me. Not the toxic, all-consuming rage that may have been modeled or even projected onto me, but a clean, clear heat. This anger is not a weapon to be wielded destructively, but a signal, a messenger whispering truths I may have long ignored.
I invite anger to rise within me as a fierce protector of my own boundaries, a testament to my inherent worth that was so often denied. I recognize this feeling as a healthy response to the injustices I endured, a validation of painful realities experienced, and a powerful catalyst for change and healing. It is okay, truly okay, for me to feel these things.
Healthy anger, as I am learning to understand it, is not about blame or punishment. Instead, it is a potent form of self-respect. It is the energy that arises when my needs, my values, or my sense of self have been twisted or violated. It is the internal "no" that empowers me to say "yes" to myself.
Unlike the explosive or passive-aggressive anger that can be so damaging to myself and others, healthy anger is felt, acknowledged, and expressed in a way that is assertive and constructive. It motivates me to seek justice, to set firm boundaries, and to protect my inner peace. It is a sign of my strength, not my weakness.