Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Support Group

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CecilBGreen 07/26/2013

I think the therapy has released my rage monster. I am just one %^& angry woman. I have kept the rage under wraps for a few years now cause it scares me. I can be so damned mean. I will be doing ok...trying to think positive...trying to do things I enjoy and then it happens. Something will piss me off to no end. Boom...just like that. Just the way someone looks can piss me off. It is like I have this mean, nasty person living inside of me that is the collector of all the anger.

I guess I am just venting.

MillaSofia 07/29/2013

Do you take Xanax? It causes rage. I can't take it. Check your meds.

CecilBGreen 07/29/2013

No Xanax here. Wish there was. I have taken it before and it mellowed me out. But I suppose I should just deal with my issues :-)

MillaSofia 07/30/2013

Well, I was hoping it would be an easy fix. t's not. We'll be here for you.

JournalReader 07/30/2013

My own rage scares me. I think my rage is based in fear and when I rage I'm having some delayed survival reaction. Then the shame felt afterwards is oh-so familiar.

mujicaptsd 07/30/2013

A couple of things stood out to me in contributions here:

1. Depression as anger turned inward (bmw),
2. Delayed survival reaction (Journal)

I've experienced those, too, in the course of learning what can be known to manage my PTSD. Many others, too?

CecilBGreen 07/30/2013

Feeling trapped and/or attacked triggers my rage. Verbal attacks are enough to do it. Of course I don't unleash the rage...I swallow it down.

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