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Share Your Anger StoryMichele's Story"Coping with Stress-Related Anger"My anger story... I'm a trauma survivor who struggled with undiagnosed Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for over 25 years. Suffice it to say, I was angry - a lot! I was angry at the unfairness of my traumatic suffering; I was angry that I was isolated in a mental health issue that I didn't understand. I was angry when my family tried to help me. And I was really, really angry when they got frustrated that I couldn't be helped at all. Sound familiar? The resulting stress of the powerlessness of experience can transform us from happy, go-lucky people into grimacing, growling gargoyles. Before my trauma I was a nice girl; loving, kind and generally happy. Afterward, I always seemed to be on the verge of fury. I was angry when things didn't go my way. I was angry when I couldn't make things go my way. I was obsessed with controlling my environment so I felt safe, and furious when anything got in the way of that obsession. I was awfully difficult to be around. I snarled at and stared down anyone who got in my path. I had a short fuse both with the external world and my own internal self. It was not a very nice way to live! And then three years ago I was diagnosed with PTSD and went on a healing rampage. Now, I am 100% PTSD-free. Looking back at whom I was I can't believe how much I let anger rule me. While the unexpected stress of experience can have dramatic effects on our personalities, it is up to us to recognize the aberrations in our behavior, educate ourselves about them, and research resolutions. It would have helped me so immensely if I had known the following 4 things about anger and what to do with it... (Just click on the questions to read the related articles) Why Are We So Angry? What Happens To Us Physiologically When We're Angry? Who Are We When We're Angry? How We Can Transform Anger into Something Positive? Share Your Anger StoryAnyone who has been caught in the poisonous grip of anger can testify... How have you overcome in the struggle against anger? Was it a one-time breakthrough, or is it a daily battle for peace and joy? What tips and advice can you share with others? What Other Visitors Have Shared...Click below to see contributions from others who have battled anger and overcome... Over-thinking, Over-reacting Growing up with no control over the things in my life that other kids took for granted made me feel like an outsider. Years marked by various forms of ... My Healing: Anger to Rest Your offer to tell my anger story, caught my eye. I have experienced great victory in this area! I knew I had anger issues, because that's how our family ... Full Time Anger The truth of anger is that is merely a collective set of things, so to speak, that we have given a label. We therefore call this thing we observe; Anger.... |
Michele Rosenthal is a survivor of trauma and chronic-extreme PTSD. She the founder of a PTSD organization, Heal My PTSD, LLC, which advocates for PTSD education, awareness, treatment, and healing.
Here is Michele's excellent blog. Contact her via email at parasitesof.themind@yahoo.com. |
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