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My mother would then take out her anger on me psychologically.

My anger comes from a place of jealousy. That much seems to be the case. My god, I am angry and frankly, it is frightening to be angry. Terrible things happened to me as a child when I was angry. My dad was no better at controlling his anger, he would berate my mother psychologically.

… but that’s besides the point. I am entertaining the thought of buying the book, although I already have the pdf version.

Hmmm, I don’t think that I will buy the book, my budget is quite limited at the moment.

She recently got engaged to a pretty boy, and I am so jealous of her, and angry. I am like Dostoevsky’s protagonist, always hiding in my hole and feeling angry at the world as I surf on social media. There isn’t much thinking going on in my head, only anger. Wow, Dostoevsky is helping me process my anger, something that I didn’t even realize I had. Well, I had an idea thanks to my therapist…

I find the protagonist of notes from underground struggle with envy for some handsome boy to be extremely relatable. I have a cousin who seems to always get her way and has friends that she boasts about in her instagram stories. She’s on the more attractive side than I am and she seems to have gotten decent grades in school, although that is a supposition on my end.

I’m currently reading notes from underground and the protagonist is extremely relatable. I like the anger he has for himself and others.