why am i so angry/

[kenty]

i could possibly share an exerience on most threads on mn,however through all the trials of life i have a good life,so why am i so angry? i can remember as a small child everything being sunny and feeling good,but has part of growing up made me angry inside,from about eight i think,i felt angry inside.i'm not violent or ever have been but always have had an anger at something or someone inside but don't know who or why.i don't feel i have any mental health problems,but feel i have never been able to shake off this anger. help what is this?

[diedandgonetodevon]

Are there any situations/people that set these feelings off?

[kenty]

just all day to day life, i am coping am happy have had some hard times,but nothing as such,i wonder if something happened ie i overheard or saw something as a child that has stayed with me all through my life and i don't remember what. i am at the moment just having a few quiet moments before kiddies wake and realised i am always angry inside!

[upagumtree]

Could it be an anxiety issue? Would be worth speaking to your Gp about it. I can identify with those feelings too and speaking to my gp helped me back on the right road

[kenty]

just been on nhs pages,from description doesn't seem like anxiety,however i do think there must be an answer,i have gone through life just assuming this is my personality because i remember feeling like it before puberty,so it coulndnt have been hormonal. i am a very honest person who has been let down on many levels but have always brushed myself off and got on with life,but i do struggle with other peoples honesty and as far back as i remember i hated being accused of lying,maybe this is my deep seated anger,people aren't always honest and i need to accept that we are all differant!

[ActingNormal]

So you have "brushed yourself off" after being let down and repressed any negative feelings about it. Could it be that those feelings built up inside you and stayed inside you until you can release them. Little everyday things trigger the anger by reminding your subconscious in tiny ways of the situations in which you felt angry but repressed it.

If you could revisit the times in your mind when you were let down and allow yourself to feel how you felt and process those feelings maybe the inner anger would subside.

[naswm]

I am no expert, but am repeating something that has been said to me by a psychotherapist, and that is that anger is a mask for deeper feelings. I wonder then what happens if you try to peel back the mask and look underneath...?

fwiw, I am going through a terribly 'angry' phase atm. I was initially pleased, because I thought it was good to be feeling and demonstrating something, rather than feeling nothing. But when I was asked what feelings were under that mask of anger I discovered all sorts of other emotions, the biggest of which was an intense sadness. I am sharing this part of my story in case there are any connections for you Kenty.

[parsley3]

I'm not sure I have anything constructive to add but I also feel like I've been angry/repressed for a long time. How did your GP help you Upagumtree if you don't mind me asking?

[CarGirl]

anger is often depression turned inwards towards yourself.

[naswm]

Kenty how has today been for you?