Sometimes I become the version of myself I don’t recognize with my children—the impatient, sharp, negative version I jokingly call my “ugly green goblin.” But lately I’ve realized something uncomfortable: I’m often not reacting to what my children are doing at all. I’m reacting to the anxiety of anticipating how my husband will respond to what they’re doing—and how that response will ultimately affect me.In this episode, I unpack the connection between parenting, relationship tension, anticipatory anxiety, displaced anger, and alexithymia. Because sometimes the person standing in front of you isn’t actually the person you’re angry with.And sometimes figuring that out is the beginning of being able to respond differently.

The Anger I Thought Was About My Kids Was Actually About My Husband Pt.2

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