So I tend to express my hurt or sadness as anger

Yes. I relate. I'm learning to take a deep breath and try and ask 'how am I really feeling?' before reacting but there can be a lot to feel stressed, sad or frustrated about and lots of daily challenges.

The more you are able to read your own inner world, no matter how many layers it contains, the more you're able to evade the people who would take advantage of the softs bits that yearn to be embraced. Anger can be vulnerability.

Felt. Idk why . Also yay I missed you 🩷

Noted

Sometimes it feels safer that way, you can avoid being vulnerable