🕯️IFS and Rage

Rage in IFS isn’t danger — it’s a protector’s roar, guarding pain too deep for words. It’s fire forged from betrayal, powerlessness, or grief that was never seen.

• A boundary-keeper part may explode to stop further harm.

• A shamed part may transform pain into fury to feel strong again.

• A silenced part may use rage to prove it still exists.

IFS doesn’t fear rage; it slows down around it.

• “Can we let the part that’s raging know we see its strength?”

• “What is it afraid would happen if it didn’t protect this way?”

When rage is met without recoil, its heat becomes revelation. Beneath it often waits an exile — small, trembling, still longing to be believed.

In IFS, rage isn’t the opposite of love. It’s love’s armor — proof that something precious inside once deserved protection. 🕯️