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I'm just so angry, everytime my DS does something to piss me off I get angry so quickly, lose my patience and I shout, my blood boiling. Yesterday I was so angry I had to walk away as I was frightening myself (not him though. It was just the feelings I had inside. I was scared I might actually wallop him one but I would NEVER want to do this).

I have been suffering depression and anxiety and part of it does make me irritable. It has been getting better generally but the last few days it feels like my son is poking the lions cage.

When your DS doesn't listen to you no matter how nicely you ask, what do you do though? Because I just get angry and then he responds angrily back. Nothing gets resolved and it's a stalemate.

Shouting doesn't work, you've found that out the hard way. You get a sore throat and your child is probably a bit frightened.

What are the flash points- dawdling with shoes-on/bobbing up and down at meal times/fiddling with stuff?

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Are you on any medication for depression? What you've just described was a symptom of severe depression for me. Temper that just shot out of nowhere. No chance to reign it in or take a breath. It was out of me before I had a chance to breathe. Like being possessed by a demon. To me, that was always a sign to start taking medication asap.