Am I Angry or Just Tired?
A workshop with Vidhi Naik, psychologist at The Thought Co.
Am I Angry or Just Tired?
Not angry, just disappointed. You probably know the feeling. You've just been calling it something else.
ten seats. once they're gone, that's the workshop.
You don't have to speak unless you want to.
The thing you've been calling something else
Most of us were taught to adjust.
To understand why the other person did what they did. To keep the peace, not talk back, let it go. So when anger arrives, we rarely call it that. We call it different things.
- Tired
- A bit off
- Stressed lately
- Probably overreacting
But anger that isn't allowed doesn't leave. It moves house. Into the headache, the sarcasm, the sudden tears, the not wanting to talk to someone and not knowing why.
This workshop is for the moment just before you say "it's fine."
Who's in the room
Vidhi is a psychologist at The Thought Co. She trained at Adelphi University in New York and has spent seven years seeing individuals and couples, most often for anxiety, stress that stopped announcing itself, and the conversation you keep almost having. She has written about watching The Odyssey and leaving angrier than she expected. Her rule for a session: you should leave with something to try before Thursday.
And up to nine other women, who learned the same thing you did.
What happens in the two hours
This is not a talk you sit through, and you don't have to speak unless you want to. Vidhi walks the room through three things.
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Where anger lives in you
Body, thought, behaviour. What tired feels like versus what angry feels like, because for most of us they've worn the same clothes for years.
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Understanding the pause
That half-second where "that hurt" becomes "maybe I'm overreacting." You'll leave able to catch it.
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Finding the words
Not the argument. Just the sentence.
I didn't like that.
I need something different.
I can't keep doing this.
Said out loud, in a room where nobody needs you to be fine.
Who this is for
- Women who learned to feel everything except anger.
- Who shrink the reaction and the feeling until both disappear.
- Who were taught that keeping everyone comfortable is the same as keeping the peace.
- Who've started to wonder if "fine" was always something else.
If that's you, this is your room.
Before you register
If it isn't safe to feel anger where you live, or what you're carrying feels bigger than a workshop, this isn't the right room. That deserves a different kind of support, and we'd rather say so now.
In distress? Tele MANAS is free, round the clock, on 14416.
Want to talk about therapy instead? Write to us and we'll point you to the right person.
Things people ask before they register
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Pay ₹1,200 and you're in. The Google Meet link comes to the email you register with, before the day.
Not ready yet? What to say when you're angry is a free two minute sentence builder for saying one angry thing to your family, at the right size. Runs in your browser, nothing stored.
₹1,200
Sunday 4 October 2026, 11am to 1pm IST, on Google Meet.
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