1. jornalling
2. run as fast as possible
3.scream out loud from the top of a hill
4. do some art that expresses the anger
5. write a letter to your father expressing the anger for him using all the cussing you want
6.use your therapist in a roleplay where you tell your dad what you hate about him and use the proper voice pitch if possible
7. get a stick and whack it against a tree or wall as hard as possible

These are only afew suggestions but they have helped me in the past

wow, thanks tyzz, you did all that stuff? did it help? so you have been thru the anger stage. how was it? where are you with it the abuse now?

i think i am a little affraid of all that. i think i am affraid of my own anger. i dotn want to get ugly, i dotn want to be ugly, i dotn know what will happen? LOL yes, i am scared, lol. but they sound like great suggestions!

Punch a punching bag... tape his picture to and beat it:)

At first it will come out like steam blowing out from a pan that has been covered; it will be heavy and it will be scary, but it is necessary. After much needed raging it will simmer down but there will still be occasional moments when some raging is still needed.

Getting in touch with our emotions is a process, a marathon, not a sprint but a huge chunk is going to be explosive for a good deal of time because of all that steam had a lid on for so long. The important thing is that we express our anger in a safe healthy way.

tyzz has some great ideas. I have sucessfully used 1 but scribling at times when I was especially mad; 3 but in my place listening to a good rage song; and 7 but used a tennis racket on my couch; all worked great so the anger dissipated.

Here is my favorite rage song:

Just Go Away(I don't care)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJmA2v5eEfg

Wish you well,
BrokenInside

I used to hit tennis balls against my garage doors.:)

When my grandson was abused by his mother's boyfriend. (my son and his wife have custody of him now) But I bought him an inflatable punching bag. I knew he had anger he needed to get out of his system. He went through about 5 punching bags. When he would pop one, I'd buy him another one. It helped him a lot.

Yeah I did do all that and it did take an emotional toll on me for a while. I still hate anger and would rather avoid confrontation with someone I love than express my disappointment, anxiety, anger with the situation. I guess I just found that unless you are either with a trained professional or a very caring, understanding and loyal friend it is better to express the anger in your personal space as this avoids anyone criticising you for something that is part of a natural process.

As far as I am now Im not doing so great. I have DID formerly known as multiple personality disorder. One of the personalities holds a lot of anger and is making my life a living hell. He wants to be a perpetrator and hurt people. However, he wants to express his anger at the wrong people rather than where it belongs. He sees that if he exporesses his anger at vulnerable people well then he will be ok. But if he expresses his anger at the right people even though they went our of our life 20 yrs ago that somehow they will hurt him.

SO yeah imho I think anger is one of the more difficult concepts to deal with after childhood abuse but is somthing that definitely needs to occur,.

i do yoga and now actually teach it. it has helped me with the anger and the stress. i journal. i just wrote my letter to my abuser it made me angry for about three days. that's how long it takes me to decompress. i bought me a boxing unit and a 100 lb bag last xmas. i took boxing lessons for a year. it helped build my confidence. practice. practice. practice. i have a therapist. i walk a lot, all over the city. i run, but not as much as i walk.