“Why do I overreact when I'm angry?”
I am a usually happy go lucky person, but when things don’t go my way, I resort to a lot of anger, frustration and sometimes screaming. After I calm down, I don’t feel good about myself and I wish I had controlled the situation better, but I have no control on these emotions. Why do I have such uncontrolled bouts of anger and anxiety? I don't think this runs in my family. What can I do?
7 Answers
Talk with a mental health professional.
You must learn how to control your anger. You can learn it. Psychotherapy, appropriate evaluation by psychiatrist and medication management will help
See a psychologist. Usually, when patients have difficulty dealing when things don't go their way, it is because there is some type of control issue happening. By you not being able to control something (it going your way), you may feel vulnerable, uncomfortable, anxious, and out of control, which is being expressed with anger. Sometimes there is a history of a situation where you lack some control that caused a lot of distress and it has stayed with you.
This is a question with so many variables that I can’t do it justice in an email. I think you need to hook up with a professional to talk for several hours to work this out.
Good luck.
Good luck.
You need an evaluation psychiatrically to know the etiology if loss of control and anxiety. You may have to see an internist for a thorough physical evaluation, too.
The first step that is having insight into our issue is already there that’s good. Talk to a therapist and not only understand about your reactions but learn how to change them. Some people can change this by just therapy while some might need medications.
Read Self Therapy by Jay Early PhD. Do compassion meditation and see a psychiatrist about possible medication.
