I got so mad at someone I thought I was having a heart attack yesterday morning. And I thought all day about it and didn’t say a word. I don’t wanna let my anger makes me do drastic things. But last night I found myself numb and not sure how to feel anymore.i still feel numb and weird
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Do you verbalize your anger?
I need an outlet, sometimes words don’t come easy when I’m angry, so I resort to punching my pillow or kicking the air (when I’m alone of course).
If anger builds up, I sometimes snap at the wrong person at the wrong time and that’s definitely inappropriate.
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I verbalized yet again that I need help. I don’t know what else to do
No I meant, when talking to the person responsible for your anger. Do you let them know how you feel and what you believe they did wrong?
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I can easily lose my cool when I’m manic
The increase in my Depakote dose has put a stop to this unwanted behavior
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I let them know that I am upset about what I think they did wrong as politely as I can word it
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I don’t have anger issues but I do struggle emotionally. I bottle up all my emotions and it turns on me instead of others.
Anyway, I’m learning DBT skills for distress tolerance and emotion regulation in an intensive therapy program I’m in and it’s really helpful.
I highly recommend learning DBT skills
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I have a lot of DBT skills and therapy under my belt, but I have severe alexithymia
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I see. In the program I’m in we get help labeling and defining and describing emotions. I wonder if there are workbooks you could use to help you with that. I just learned you can put colors on his you feel and then go to a color wheel to see which emotion it most likely is.
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I meant I have alexithymia and it turns very physical without me even feeling the emotion at all. I have to logically figure out what triggered my chest pain and figure out from there that I am angry and anxious
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Oh, I see. Well I hope you can get help. I feel for you. That must be so difficult
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