So for a long time now I’ve been losing my temper over the small things and understanding why is stopping me from sleeping. My mum says I have anger issues but I have no idea where it’s come from. Starting to feel isolated from friends and family as they too have noticed my lashing out. This site looks dead so I dint expect a quick reply but if anyone is there then please help me
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This feels very much like me as well, really gets to me how angry I've become which I would say is typically unlike me.
How are you feeling now?
I'd always consider whether it is anger or whether it is anxiety. When my anxiety is very high, I am very short tempered, have little patience and can be snappy. I remember saying to my husband in lockdown that I had so many thoughts rushing around my head, I couldn't deal with the things he was firing at me as well, it was like he was interrupting my worries and I had no space left to take on anything else. Recently had 'mindfulness technique' suggested to me to be truly present in the moment and focus on what's happening and not what might be or your what ifs, or whatever you could be using your time to worry about.
Hi Sash, thank you so much for reaching out. This is a very new site so very few people here to read and reply. I too experienced similar things. I was Losing my temper over the most trivial things and my wife was always saying I needed anger management. I suppressed these emotions for ages thinking there was nothing wrong with me and it was everyone else’s fault for annoying me. It was only in September 2020 that what I can best describe as a breakdown and I cried and didn’t want to leave my bed. It was at this point I knew I had a problem.
I contacted my GP, and they put me through to the relevant people who suggest I took medication and speak to someone. I’ve done exactly that but I ended up using a private therapist not NHS because theirs wasn’t great.
Since speaking to someone on a weekly basis, i surprised
myself with how much it helps. I was always against the idea thinking “no one will understand my situation“ but it didn’t matter. What I learnt was new ways of handing myself when I got in a certain way and understanding how i got to a stage of losing it.
Talking is the best solution for all mental health problems which is why I started this in the first place. So welcome and I hope you can draw some experience and advice from others.
Karl