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How to manage parental rage with DBT techniques

I understand emotional regulation but when my teenage son rolls his eyes at me I feel murderous rage that scares me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The vulnerability of loving a child who rejects you can trigger such intense anger that parents fear their own capacity for emotional violence.

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