Comments on: The Dance of Intimacy and the Dance of Anger https://anitamathias.com/2012/06/21/the-dance-of-intimacy-and-the-dance-of-anger/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:08:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2012/06/21/the-dance-of-intimacy-and-the-dance-of-anger/#comment-17957 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 23:20:53 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/06/21/the-dance-of-intimacy-and-the-dance-of-anger/#comment-17957 Lol! I used to be very extroverted, and still am an extrovert, but have quietened down a lot as I've grown older, and been a Christian for 23 years.

I now just don't have much energy for drama, so it's just easier to not react, and not engage when emotions are flying raw (I have two teenage girls, in addition to a husband!!). If on reflection, something still bugs me, I will take up that bone, though!!

]]> By: LA https://anitamathias.com/2012/06/21/the-dance-of-intimacy-and-the-dance-of-anger/#comment-17956 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 04:38:21 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/06/21/the-dance-of-intimacy-and-the-dance-of-anger/#comment-17956 For me, as a completely off-the-chart extrovert (talk to think vs think to talk), it has been to challenge myself to TRY to process internally after being challenged. When someone pushes my buttons and I start processing on the outside, people accuse me of being defensive when in reality, I'm just saying what everyone else is thinking on the inside. Still working hard on that…sometimes need to excuse myself to a bathroom where I process out loud before rejoining the conversation. People in the toilets think I'm just a nutter, but it really helps.

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