Have You Ever Felt Like This Before?

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I wrote this as a personal message to someone today:

This reminds of how i felt a few years ago. It was a horrible feeling of nothing but rage but it did eventually pass, i hope it does for you too.

Yes, writing this provided a cathartic release—at least for a little while.

Anythings good as long as it helps, sometimes i find it easier to type things out when my feelings overwhelm me, i guess it just helps to work things out

I've felt like that before. It was hard, but it eventually passes. My thoughts are with you.

What this reminds me of is a tale from Arabian Nights book, I'll sum it up: Genie is set free from bottle by random man on beach. Genie says "I'm gonna' kill you", man says "Why punish me, I set you free". Genie explains that after 1000 yrs. of being stuck in bottle he'd vowed to reward whomever released him, but no one did. After 2,000 years genie vowed he'd reward even more lavishly person who freed him, and so on...Genie finishes this litany with how angry he was after 10,000 years of waiting that he vowed he'd strike dead immediately the man who set him free.
Not so surprising for the response of "Please, I want to be your friend" when rejected can turn, over time, into "I feel resentment & bitterness towards you". Positive feeling can seem to curdle/rot/go bad/turn sour when left unexpressed, or unshared. It's a cruddy situation to be in, sorry I've no comforting wisdom.
It's easy to be patient when your needs are getting met, but the more deprived one feels the more depraved one may become. Example is myself, when I've been single & hadn't close friends nor professional help. When I've been isolated I'd be desperate for contact, but less friendly-feeling. I'd feel so extreme, either grateful for any scrap of attention/affection. etc. or upset at not getting "enough". I'd veer back & forth between wanting to kiss or kick certain folks, still have "all-or-nothing" tendency in my reactions.
Awhile ago I read your haven thread about needing connection with the world. I thought it was very eloquent, well put into words. I felt bad for you, figured no point in my saying that though. I'm glad that writing/posting sometimes works to get you (or anyone) through unpleasant experiences/current realities. I say "I can't do this, I hate this & it's horrible", can't hide my distress so I try to just get it out in words. I usually talk my way through stuff that's too much for me, I'm fortunate to have (at last) a support network. Hadn't much connection to others back when I was in college, felt much then as you do now.