Angry Child Modes

Question 1

What Are Angry / Unsocialized Child Modes?

Answer 1

These modes have their source in intense experiences of impulse or emotion from childhood that, if expressed freely, appear as immature and are often destructive to self and relationships.

Question 2

Angry Child

Answer 2

Experiences a deep sense of injustice, and feels anger about being unfairly treated, misunderstood, misrepresented, invalidated, dismissed or disregarded.

Question 3

Defiant Child

Answer 3

Angry response to having one’s autonomy curtailed and being told what to do, as might be expressed in the sentence, “I don’t want to, and you can’t make me!”

Question 4

Enraged Child

Answer 4

An experience of intense rage with an impulse to lash out and throw or smash objects in the environment or to retaliate against and hurt people, including physically assaulting and killing them (‘murderous rage’).

Question 5

Impulsive Child

Answer 5

Acts impulsively without the capacity for self-control or delay of gratification or regard for the possible consequences for self or others: “I want it and I want it now!”

Question 6

Spoiled / Entitled Child

Answer 6

Expects and feels entitled to have what s/he wants and not to have to exercise self-control or be concerned about the needs and reactions of others; often the consequence of a Permissive Parent. Entitlement schema.