720 Displacing Your Anger? How to Recognize the Signs + Reflect Not React

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Terri Cole

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🗓️ 27 May 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Are you expressing anger in unexpected ways?

Maybe you’ve been way more aggressive toward undeserving folks, inanimate objects, or fellow drivers because it feels safer or is the only way to express the anger you’re feeling with all the unrest in the world.

Or maybe you’re guilty of spending hours thinking of the perfect comeback to a snide comment left on a social media post.

With all of the global divisiveness we’re experiencing, and it being the end of Mental Health Awareness Month, I wanted to bring the concept of displaced aggression or anger to your attention.

If your anger is surprising you or coming out sideways, you might be displacing it.

In this episode, I’ll break down what it is, how to know if you’re displacing your aggression, and healthier, more productive ways we can channel and manage our anger.

Read the show notes for today's episode at terricole.com/720

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0:00.0	Well, hello there, and welcome to this episode of the Terry Cole Show.
0:06.0	Do you ever find yourself leaving work after a frustrating day, driving on the highway, and just being a super-aggressive road rager?
0:15.2	Anybody?
0:16.0	But what you're really pissed off about is what an asshole your boss was before you left?
0:21.9	Anybody?
0:23.0	Yeah, if you ever do anything that looks like that, that's called displaced aggression or displaced anger.
0:28.9	And that is exactly what I'm going to be talking about in this episode of the Terry Cole show today.
0:34.7	Is what does it look like, why it's so tempting and seductive, and what we can do
0:39.5	instead. That is what we're talking about today. But before we get into it, I want to take a
0:43.3	moment to thank you, thank you, thank you for being here, for spending time with me. We have so
0:48.4	many new people listening to the pod after the we can do hard things, double header, which was so much fun and so lovely.
0:55.6	So welcome to anyone who is new. I'm so excited that you are here. And I know that you could be
1:01.4	listening to a zillion other things or doing something else, but the fact that you're tuning in
1:04.8	today truly, truly warms my heart. And if you want to support the show, if you love it,
1:10.7	it helps me so much if you
1:12.3	would rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcast. That would be amazing. I want to say thank you,
1:19.7	thank you, thank you to Doug Step 304 for this five-star review. Saved me from myself. I found Terry after a nasty breakup leading to me being emotionally
1:30.1	devastated. I read both too much and Boundaryboss, and I learned so much about myself and other people.
1:35.2	Both of these books have literally changed my life, and I could not be more grateful. Since then, I've
1:41.1	started daily meditation, yoga, eating healthier, and reading much, much more.
1:45.9	I cannot thank Terry. Enough for everything she does. Thank you so much. Wow. Doug Step 304.
1:52.8	I can't even tell you how happy that five-star review just made me feel. Thank you. I feel like you are
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