i can't control my temper

angry kid - angry expression, jpg
Philippines
February 3, 2009 11:30pm CST
ever since i was a kid, my temper has always been my problem and it has brought me to a lot of trouble. whenever i am angry, i would really show it - i bang the door, i shout at people, i sometimes hit them, i throw things, and i say things that really really hurt and forget everything. and after every episode, i wallow in pity - pity for the person i hurt. every start of the year, i promise myself to control it but to no avail. i am a religious person and i often attend a lot of life in the spirit seminars with hope that i will be changed. now, i see my kid acting like me. i am having a hard time in changing him because he always see it in me. what will i do now? please help...
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5 responses
@lucy02 (5015)
• United States
4 Feb 09
If its to the point you are hitting people then you seriously need professional help. I've had a hard time controlling my anger before too. I was suffering from depression. I have to take an antidepressant. You might not even need that, maybe just some therapy and anger management. The spiritual seminars are a good idea but you may have to do more. Sometimes there is a chemical imbalance that has to be corrected. Good luck, okoyskabo.
• Philippines
4 Feb 09
thank you for the reply.
• United States
7 Feb 09
i have too buti try realy hard now and it dosent hapten as mutch but it took a long time try not to let little things bother you dont let anger build up either talk to people you love about things that bother you and that should help alot
@syankee525 (6261)
• United States
5 Feb 09
there could be more behind it then just having a bad temper. if you find yourself having really good days, and through the day they turn into low days. you fimd yourself saying or thinking dang why in the world did i get mad at that or them ? and people are often feel like they are walking on egg shells around you, or need to watch what they say and do.. i too always had a bad temper but it got worst, where i would just get so pi$$ off at the littlest and the dumbest things. it even came to where i almost hurt my wife and kids a few times. so i went and got check. first they were like it's from all the stress i was under from getting hurt loosing my job, and the lost of my mom and aunt. but soon i found out i had bipolar the worst kind of bipolar and not just those things that had happen to me but lots of my pass growing up played a rolled in it as well. if you love your family, and friends, and yourself you should get help. and if you take anger managment best advise i can give you if you are open and honest with your feelings and you put 100% into it you will get more out of it.
@Yori88 (1465)
• Philippines
5 Feb 09
There are a lot of anger management articles you can research in the internet that could help you manage your anger. I must say that I am lucky enough because I an a very calm person and I think the most number of times I got angry is 5. I an turning 23 two months from now. My friends in college asked me so many times why I don't seem to get angry even if the situation requires anger. I told them that I just don't feel too and my patience is very long. They told me that I am a smiling person and that the word angry is never in my vocabulary. I told them that I am not used to shouting or saying bad words. I grew up with my great grandmother and the culture in the province is very conservative and people their are nice. I was influenced by my great grandmother so I grew up kind. If I feel anger I just say it in such a way that it will express the real meaning of me being angry. I never tried throwing things so my suggestion to you is to count up to ten before holding an object or better go outside the house. If all you can see are trees and people then you can not throw anything. Of course avoid stones and rocks or else you might be ending up doing that hard throw again. Also try to meditate or do yoga. I have not tried those activities because I don't need to and I don't have time to do them but I know they have good effects.
• Malaysia
6 Feb 09
i think you should be able to control your temper, spend quality time with your love one and avoid stress or anything that can make you anger. if there is a seminar or a camp on how to control temper or a stress..why not u try it. do things that you love makes you in happy mood. if it doesnt work..meet the professional it really helps because i have been through it and it really helps to change me..