Easily Angered.

Dear Toomuch,

Welcome to the forum, and YES you have a very serious anger problem. But, first, before I get started, you should read a current post by Potatank "My Anger Then and Now", who discusses how the primary cause for his extreme anger proved to be organic, that is, an easily correctable imbalance in his body chemistry. Perhaps the same Cause, or a similar cause for extreme anger pertains to you. Let's try to evaluate the possibility, but we would need to know a bit more about you. Now from your post I can infer, and correct me if I am wrong, that you are female and either you are a junior or a senior in High School (enrolled in Calculus Class which is advanced stuff) or you are very intelligent and had been in some Advanced Placement Program. How Long have you been getting this Angry? Were you this angry as a child, or did this severe anger only immerge after the onset of puberty.... I ask this because I expect that the body chemistry may go through significant changes with the transformation from Child to Adult.

You see, with people who have moderate (but nonetheless troublesome) levels of anger, their irritability usually coincides with habitual ways of thinking and behaving that their Home Life and early experiences in childhood Peer Groups conditioned them to -- that is, they Act and Think that Way because they really don't know any different. To address That Kind of moderate anger, one only needs to point out which Behavioral Habits are Bad and Why they are Bad, and then it becomes simply a matter of establishing New Habits in Thought and Behavior... which may take some Time, but if the person goes about the task sincerely and with a degree of dedication and applied will power, then the Good Results are more or less certain to follow. But, YOUR KIND of anger, where even you yourself are struck by just how trivial and inconsequential are the Small Annoyances that Trigger you into a Raging Fury -- you can't even explain it to yourself. That is why I suspect a biologically based chemical imbalance... it is like you are on a Bad Trip from a Drug that your body is producing all by itself.

But this is all just guess work. Maybe some of the Other Helpers here on the Page might have some Insight.

So, anyway, Toomuch, what do you think about this so far?

Oh... one more thought... which I just thought of... in your School you will Definitely Need a Friend or Somebody who can advocate for you with the School's Administration. So try calling the School's Nurse and discuss the possibility that you suspect a Chemical Imbalance BECAUSE violent behavior is Not Normal for you... you were not angry as a child, and that you yourself are as surprised by your Current Crazy Behavior as anybody else. In this way they will begin to look at you as a Medical Problem instead of as what they already apparently take for granted, that you are a Discipline Problem.

I was a very angry child, but now its worse. The nurse has known me for 7 years and she lets me go take 'breaks' in her office whenever I get too mad.

toomuchsauce wrote:I was a very angry child, but now its worse. The nurse has known me for 7 years and she lets me go take 'breaks' in her office whenever I get too mad.

Dear Toomuch,

Really?

I wrote several paragraphs with many leading ideas which you could have picked up on, but you give me back just two sentences.

I am supposed to help you when you won't help me.

Okay, if I have to Decide upon your case, while knowing almost nothing about it, I would say that you need to go a Psychiatrist (not a Psychologist, because they don't prescribe Meds). A Psychiatrist will probably diagnose you with Bipolar Disorder because that is what they have to write down in order to prescribe the kind of Meds that would be effective in controlling your excessive and otherwise unexplainable degree of Rage. I wonder that the School Nurse hadn't already determined that. What about your Parents? Your parents must be involved in this somehow. Do they think you are just an out of control brat, and they never considered the possibility that you might have a Medical Condition?

Perhaps you also have Cognitive Problems. My guess is that you are not getting the proper sense from half of what I am saying... that you are asking for help, but wouldn't know It if you Heard It, and certainly don't have the capacity to act upon any good advice in any effective manner. Please let me know if I am wrong. Oh, but it might take more than two sentences to convince me.

Please tell me this is a troll account. You beat up a girl because she accidently knocked your food. This is hillarious

Marais wrote:Please tell me this is a troll account. You beat up a girl because she accidently knocked your food. This is hillarious

It seems like YOU are the 'Troll Account', or you have no idea about how Neuro-Chemical Imbalances can effect behavior.

A Neuro-Chemical Imbalance can be compared to somebody on some terrible drug like 'Angel Dust' -- their Behavior can become not only Erratic but they may also become extremely Violent -- for no objectively discernible reason. And if the Chemical Imbalance is accompanied by a massive release of Adrenaline, well, Adrenaline seems to give people very focused Strength. You have heard stories of Mothers who picked up and tossed aside cars or fallen trees that trapped their little babies... well that is GOOD Adrenaline, but when people have Rage Attacks, Adrenaline gives the Same Strength and Intensity but it is Very Very Bad.

So, really, you have no reason to doubt the veracity of this Poster. My only problem with the Person is a lack of active concern for herself.

ok but you have to admit it is a little bit funny

Marais wrote:ok but you have to admit it is a little bit funny

Jeepers! Marais, what kind of sick sense of humor is up and about these days!? When I first read that Post I thought that the Poster was some 180 lb. 17 year old guy on his way to beating somebody to death. Even a girl, given enough adrenal excitement can do a lot of damage -- talk to anybody who ever had to deal with a 'chick' who 'totally flipped out' and went on the violent rampage. Guys will punch and wrestle, but 'Crazy Chicks' will Slap, Claw, Bite, Kick, Knee and Elbow... and pull out hair by the handful. When I read that Post, I was terrified and afraid for the Poor Victim.

You and that other 'Person' thought it was 'funny'. And so it is that we Deserve the Sad Times we Live In Nowadays.