Sarah Jakes Roberts
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That to even feel anger made me feel alive.
It made me feel like a person.
Unless you've been there, it's really hard to understand for someone.
But yeah, it just it made me feel alive to feel angry.
And I felt like, OK, this probably isn't healthy.
And I was in my first marriage and we were going through a terrible situation, which there was an alleged pregnancy by someone else.
And I started I started really having some unhealthy thoughts.
I knew Emma.
I knew I was headed to prison because, listen, like I preach now and I get dressed up and I may not give what I was ready to give back then, but I was ready to give jail time.
I just was.
And I was like, OK, I got to make.
Because you were that angry.
I was so upset.
But I had to realize like I was upset with him, but more than anyone, I was upset with myself.
And I felt like what I wanted was someone to channel that anger towards.
And he gave me a reason to channel that anger towards him and her or anyone.
And I got to a place where I had to let it out.
So I was writing.
It was really just for me because I wanted to get it out of me.
Then I realized I would like close the blog with like, you know, if I were someone's friend, what would I say to someone in this situation?