Anger

[jslayeruk]

I have a lot of rage within me. It gets worse every day. I don't know how to manage it. I feel like I'm at risk of going over the edge somehow. I don't know what the best course of action is. Who do you inform? What's the procedure? Every day I get a bit angrier and I worry that I may become a danger to myself or others. It's a little more

Comments

[treacle_a]

That sounds very familiar. I got steadily angrier for 2 years until I was pretty much ready to have a breakdown. For me the key was finding out what it was I was angry about and tackling that in therapy. It might not be the key for you, but it's a good way in.

[treacle_a]

And, it's just my opinion but don't take anti-depressants for anger, unless it's to calm you down enough to go to therapy.

[jslayeruk]

How long until you found out what was angering you? Did you work at it steadily or was it more of a lightbulb thing?

[treacle_a]

For me it was a lightbulb thing, it was something I had buried so deep that I actually thought I was really sad rather than angry. Sadness is more acceptable for women than anger, which is why we often feel depressed or numb when we're actually really fucking angry about something. It may be that your anger is masking sadness though, rather than vice versa.

Any ideas when this all kicked off?