What if the anger you were taught to suppress never disappeared—only turned inward?

In this episode of Overcome with Travis White, Travis sits down with licensed psychotherapist and anger expert Bronwyn Schweiger to unpack the uncomfortable truth about anger, shame, and mental health. Bronwyn shares how suppressed, dissociated anger can manifest as anxiety, depression, insomnia, and even physical illness—and why avoiding anger doesn’t make it go away.

Together, they explore how childhood conditioning, shame, and fear of abandonment teach us to disconnect from anger at a young age, and how that disconnection follows us into adulthood. Bronwyn explains why anger is not the enemy, how it holds wisdom, and how reconnecting with it can be a powerful step toward healing.

This conversation challenges everything we’ve been taught about “negative emotions” and offers a compassionate, honest look at what real emotional healing requires.

What We Discuss:

• Why suppressed anger often shows up as anxiety, depression, and physical symptoms
• How childhood shame and emotional invalidation shape adult mental health
• The difference between healthy anger and destructive anger
• Why shame keeps people stuck—and why it isn’t an emotion
• How therapy can help reconnect you to emotions you’ve learned to avoid
• The link between unresolved emotional pain and insomnia, illness, and burnout
• Why being true to yourself isn’t selfish—it’s healing

Learn More:

• Bronwyn Schweiger Podcast: Angry at the Right Things

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