Q&A: Anger at oneself often masks avoidance of personal accountability — treating oneself as a victim of one's own actions.

Mike reflects on his own psychology: when he feels anger at himself, he tends to be running a split dynamic — blaming 'another self' rather than simply repenting and taking responsibility. He identifies self-directed anger as potentially a form of narcissistic absorption (being consumed with self) that prevents clear-eyed accountability before God.