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The Duchy of Jerald

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This resulted in the following emotional consequences<br />

Anger, rage or fury<br />

Impatience<br />

Bitterness<br />

Resentment<br />

This also resulted in the following behavioral consequences<br />

Aggression and violence<br />

Bigotry and intolerance<br />

Bullying<br />

Nagging<br />

It came as a surprise that when I was abandoned by a mentally ill mother (whose husband, a<br />

coal miner, died <strong>of</strong> lung cancer) essentially at birth, I have always felt this way and held these<br />

beliefs. My siblings are even worse, dealing with them is a mine field <strong>of</strong> resentment, you never<br />

know when it will blow up in your face.<br />

This is the root to fascism, common to, and taught by, groups <strong>of</strong> all kinds. I learned it in<br />

church, seeking some order as a relief from the crazines at home. Authoritarian at best, fascism<br />

in the extreme. You can see it in the rise <strong>of</strong> Trump, Brexit, and other Hitlerian movements.<br />

Extreme religious movements have much in common as well and sometimes the not so extreme.<br />

Good Catholics all over the planet have shunned me and defriended me, in their Christian belief<br />

that I must behave the same as them.<br />

So I continually search out the evidence for these beliefs and failing to find any, I find relief.<br />

Here is my main tool:<br />

REBT Self Help form

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