How then to summarise what, I think, taking personal responsibility involves? We each need to decide how we want to be, then be it. I suggest we are self-creating beings. Responsible for what we make of our lives. An existentialist, Quaker inspired, philosophical stance (Guignon, 2021; Sweet, 2025 & Bragg,2012.)

Outlines how our anger can become an emotion like any other. An asset that can be used constructively for our benefit. I too have struggled to control my feelings of anger. The length of time between me experiencing anger and deciding what to do has been short. Flashes of anger, rapid thoughts, followed by flashes of behaviour.

I wish I could rip myself to shreds Mince her up and start again. I thought if I tucked all the bad bits away They wouldn’t burrow in my gums  Bleeding rivers But they were barb wire-wrapped Cutting me to the bone On every choked out laugh