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Anger (39 found)
After Jennifer’s mom gets involved with an abusive man, it takes years to repair the damage. (full text)
After years of living with abuse, the writer hopes he’ll move past his anger in a new home. (full text)
After being arrested for assault, Fred is sent to a residential treatment center, where he eventually finds help to deal with his anger and his violent past. (full text)
The author resolves to deal with the anger she’s developed from her abusive childhood, so she won’t abuse others. (full text)
Shateek is distraught when his beloved grandmother dies and he's put into foster care. He joins the wrestling team and channels his anger into success.
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The author finds that smoking weed dims her sadness and anger. Unfortunately, it also clouds her brain and isolates her. (full text)
Shateek can't control his anger after his grandmother dies and he goes into care when he's 9. He discovers that writing calms him down. (full text)
Tiffany is let down repeatedly her whole life. When she's finally adopted, she can't control her anger until she spends several years in good group homes. (full text)
Desmin uses weed to tame his rage, but he soon realizes that getting high is keeping him from moving forward with his life. (full text)
Juliana's anger got her kicked out of a foster home and sent to two group homes. At the second group home, staff helped her overcome her anger by showing patience and care and teaching her coping skills. (full text)
Sally has a violent, chaotic upbringing and is diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Anger keeps her bouncing around placements, but caring staff and friends in a group home help her become calmer. (full text)
Griffin struggles to control an explosive temper during conflicts with troublemakers at school.
Eric has a short fuse, which explodes at both friends and his adoptive mother. He explores various ways to communicate without anger.
The author wants to connect to a caring foster parent, but worries that no one will be able to see past her anger.
David loves playing ice hockey, which helps him relieve stress and anger.
The author struggles with anger, depression, and mental illness, as a result of a rough childhood.
Therapist Toni Vaughn Heiniman describes healthy and unhealthy ways to express anger.
Miguel describes the programs that have tried to help him manage his emotions, and explains what works and what doesn’t.
Physically abused by his mother, Miguel takes out his anger on others by being a bully and on himself by attempting suicide.
Onician spends years struggling with his anger at his father, who left before he was born.
Julie finds that opening up about her feelings helps her to deal with them in more constructive ways.
As she gets older, Rita feels more sympathy for her drug-addicted mother, which helps her let go of some of her anger over being abandoned.
To win the staff’s attention and affection, the writer tries to be the perfect group home girl.
Rubie is 12 when her grandfather dies. She can't cry, and feels the conflicted and confusing emotions of guilt, anger, and sadness. But as she grows older she's able to put her emotions in perspective.
At a youth shelter, the author gets connected with a good therapist who helps him release his anger.
Instead of blocking out painful memories, getting high makes the author feel angry, guilty, and depressed.
The writer takes out her anger at being a teen mom on her baby. After the child almost dies, she finds help from a peer support group.
Omar describes how his foster mother, Ms. Bradley, teaches him the value of using journal writing to express and understand his anger.
The author recounts how, mad at his girlfriend for dumping him, he joined a group of friends and brutally attacked another teenager with a hammer and bottles. Later he was filled with remorse.
Otis channels his feelings of powerlessness and rage into a writing persona he calls the Crippled Enigma.
When Chris doesn't receive the correct allowance for his weekly group home chores, he gets in a physical confrontation with the staff member in charge. When his cousin visits the group home and has a reasonable discussion with the staff member, Chris is inspired to control his anger.
To deal with his anger at being teased and picked on, Otis turns to writing poetry. He joins a website where writers post and comment on each other's writing. (full text)
Valencia feels like a failure after years of hearing her grandmother's put-downs. When she gets in trouble and is sent to a residential treatment center, she meets supportive people who help rebuild her self-esteem. (full text)
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