Self-Regulation
...ind still goes back to what upset me. I know if I don’t cry I will be fighting it for a long time. I also self-regulate my emotions by aggression. When I get furious I let people know it. My mind seems to start spinning out of control, and I breathe more rapidly. I kick, slap, and punch anyone (except my parents) that pisses me off. I scream swear words and hit and throw things. It makes me calmer to let out my fury, and let everyone know how mad they made me. As an infant I self-regulated very similar. Of course I cried, but I cried for many different reasons. I would cry as loud as I could to get what I wanted. If I was scared or sad my only defense was to cry. My parents would know something was wrong and come to the rescue...