Resource CenterPrevent Anger From Turning Into Resentment With These Tips From Creator Ashley Yi

Prevent Anger From Turning Into Resentment With These Tips From Creator Ashley Yi

Anger affects us all, but managing angry feelings looks different from person to person. In this video, creator Ashley Yi (@Ashleysyoutube) gets real about her struggles with anger, anxiety, and depression.

Growing up, Ashley struggled with feeling angry, hopeless, and lonely. She shares her experiences with anger and resentment and how going to therapy helped her better understand and cope with these emotions. Ashley discusses how she didn’t get the mental health care she needed until she began therapy and learned to work through her feelings. Ashley offers insights on finding a therapist who understands you and the process of starting therapy

If you’ve ever found yourself exploding over something small, feeling guilty about your anger, or struggling to express your emotions in healthy ways, Ashley’s journey will feel familiar. She talks openly about growing up without the tools to process complex feelings, creating a pressure cooker of suppressed emotions that eventually demanded attention. The truth is, anger is not something to eliminate — it’s an emotion you can work to understand. This episode explores how anger often masks deeper feelings of hurt and sadness, a perspective that can transform how you approach emotional regulation.

Learn more about Ashley’s personal toolkit for managing intense emotions, with strategies you can implement immediately on:

How to use an emotion wheel to better identify and process feelings
Healthy ways to deal with anger, including her go-to coping strategies
How to prevent anger from building up
Expressing sadness and anger appropriately
Getting through moments of intense anger

This video is part of Mind Matters: Creators Open Up About Mental Health. Check out other episodes for more tips and tools to help you take care of your well-being.