The anger that comes with cancer, how do you stop it from consuming you?

Hi @Ruby3512,

Thank you for trusting the community with something this raw. Your anger, not just at the illness, but at the unfairness, the stolen time, the isolation, the identity loss, the pain, it makes complete sense. When someone is fighting every single day just to stay alive while others get to live normally, anger is not just understandable, it’s almost inevitable. And the way you say you “pretend” so others aren’t burdened, that is a kind of exhaustion and frustration most people never see.

You asked something very real: how do you actually live with the anger without it consuming you? So I want to open this up to those who have been in a similar place:

Have you ever felt this kind of anger toward your illness, your body, or the unfairness of what it has taken from you?

What has helped you release or live alongside that anger, especially when therapy or support systems stop being enough?

Is there anything, even small, that made the anger feel less suffocating over time?

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If you’ve walked through this stage, your experience might help someone who is still in it.

Take care, and thank you again for saying out loud what many people feel but never voice,

Somya from the Carenity team 🌼