Getting constantly angry/stressed

[Morrow]

Hi all,
Most of the time I'm quite a calm person who doesn't get affected emorionally too much, but recently every single little thing is resulting in me getting unbelievably angry at things. For instance I'll press a key on my phone, it will press the wrong one, and that will result in me throwing my phone against a wall or me hitting it, which to me sounds really stupid, but I've done it. I guess I'm a bit of a person who 'has' to be the best at everything whih i do, and if things go against me i normally get a bit annoyed as most people would, but nothing on this scale of hitting/breaking things after the slightest thing gone wrong. Any suggestions on how to get rid of this 'trait'? Cheers.

[Atonement]

I think some self-reflection could do you well. What makes you so angry about these things? What could you do differently? Is there a way when you feel yourself getting angry to take a moment, count to three, then act? I assume you're still a teenager, as you're around this site. Teenage hormones are a bitch and can really screw with our emotions. You clearly recognize that your actions aren't irrational, so try to sit back, breath, and think about why you're wanting to react this way.


Also, if it continues, I suggest seeing a school counselor, mentioning it to your doctor, etc.

[Morrow]

Thanks for the response - yeah I'm 17, but it's just like i can go from being my normal self to all of a sudden throwing/hitting something if the tiniest thing goes wrong :/ I mean at the moment I'm happy enough, but if something menial like my PC were to freeze, or something along the lines of that I'd snap :/

[Apollo.]

I'm often the same, saying that I've always been a very irate person and very aggresive if you catch me in the wrong mood. I tend to just deal with it but you could maybe go and see your GP?

[Morrow]

For me the problem was that I was always a really calm person, nothing would really affect me emotionally at all. something would go wrong, or we'd be late for something, and other people would be fretting out and I'd just have the 'meh' attitude. Now.. god knows :/
I think I'll leave it a while to see if I... 'normalize(?!)', if not, might do