Question about Anger

[chipster7_2000]

I have the problem where anybody can say something to me or something get in my way and I just yell at the person or object and my wife thinks that I need to calm down. I don't understand why I do this though. I seems to happen before I know it. When I was around 10 year old I was in a car accident where a radar detector hit me in the forhead. It did not splinter my skull but it has a dent in it that goes all the way across my forhead and has several cracks you can follow from it. They said that I was very lucky that no damage was caused but my skull puts a pressure in the front of my brain. That's all I can remember that they said from when I was 10. Forgive me if I have posted in the wrong place on this forum. I am also having problems with concentrating as I get older. Could anybody shed any light as to why I get so angry and wish to harm the thing that is in my way to get out? Does that make sense?

[pab]

hmm perhaps a neuropsych would be a place to start? def. some counseling....good luck

[copperhead]

It is called misplaced anger. You can try to do an inventory of your moods; figure out what may have caused you to feel gumpy. Sometimes we learn at a young age to stuff our anger, which means that do we not express it but we also don't even realize what is the source of that anger sometimes.

For example, I may be upset with my significant other about something which I am kinda sitting on (meaning I am not speaking up about it). This means that anything little thing can upset me and trigger all that anger. And the point is that the thing that triggered you is not really the root cause; there is likely something else that you have buried that you need to work through.

Of course if this is happening to you all of the time then you need to look even deeper. It might be psych issue that needs to be worked out with a therapist, or it might be something else like low serotonin levels (or something else along those lines).

There are different approaches to dealing with anger like CBT or REBT (cognitive behavior therapy or rational emotive behaviour therapy). You might look at your life and try to reduce any big sources of stress. You might have some depression. If it is a bigger problem then occassionally then you might need to figure out what the "bigger" issue is.