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Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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Anger and panic attacks

biddy1
biddy1
sometimes eventhough i am a quiet person i feel as if i have no control over my anger. This normally happens during or after a panic attack, and makes me so scared that i feel as if i should be locked away in a room so that i cant get near anyone. Its a bit like that old horror movie where the guy has a killers hand transplanted on to his wrist and he cant control it so it tries to kill him. Weird or what??

I know realistically that nothing will ever happen but i dont seem to be able to convince my panic attacks of this, so it continues to freak me out. I feel as if i have to out think my brain if that makes any sense, unfortunatly its still a step ahead, so the strange 'game' carries on.

Anyone else have this or is it really just me??
deleted_user
deleted_user
Hey biddy. Ur not alone. I cant control my anger after an attack either, because it gets me so upset.

Part of being Anxious is knowing mostly that its irrational, but you cant control it anyways. Don't worry, control does come. It just takes a little time, and developing some personal methods.

Hang in there! :D
deleted_user
deleted_user
Have you mentioned this to your doctor? Often anxiety goes hand in hand with other things like depression and OCD. I suffered as a teen with all of them; OCD, depression, anxiety/panic. I felt I had no control over my temper, though I was a pretty mellow person inside. On top of all that, I'd feel guilty for getting so angry. SInce being on anti-depressants, all of the symptoms are lessened or gone. Especially the anger.
deleted_user
deleted_user
i as well have anger issues i don't get attacks that i recognize anyway, but little things will set me off i usually just slam things or lock myself up it is hard my husband has a hard time with it and is always thinking its him makin me mad i dont know how to explain it to him cause im not really sure why i get so upset and anger over small things.
biddy1
biddy1
Yeah i've said about my anger to my doctor, but they just suggest the same remedies as for my P.A.s. I also get ashamed and embarresed about feeling angry because there is really nothing for me to be angry about at the moment. Sure everyone has things in their past that brings up bad memories but i shouldnt really be letting them affect me now and my partner hasnt done anything wrong but seems to be getting the brunt of it!!!!

Its all so frustrating, if only there were a magic pill that we could take to get rid of all of this easily.

My biggest fear is that one day i will do something that i will regret and that i wont be able to live with myself because of it.