Q: My 5 1/2-year-old is CONSTANTLY angry. He hasn’t been having as many hour-long meltdowns as he was three years ago, but at least then he had ‘normal’ time in between. The meltdowns are completely draining and exhausting; he goes completely out of control, and needs to be restrained at times. Now, he is just [...]

Q: My dad is 65 years old and he has always been very short-tempered, but it’s getting worse now. He speaks badly about everyone, especially my eldest brother and his wife. He misbehaves with my mother although she has been with him for 40 years and done everything for him. It seems he doesn’t care [...]

Q: I have had anger problems for many years. I am currently married and have two beautiful children. I do not want to hurt them and I definitely do not want to lose them or for them to be afraid of me. I would like to seek professional help, perhaps with a psychiatrist. Would this [...]

Q: On my anniversary with my boyfriend he had to work in another city. I was upset about that and I acted angry all day to his phone messages. At night I went to the movies with my sister, and while I was watching the movie he called me to tell me he could come [...]

Q: My husband and I have been dedicated to our son and daughter-in-law in many ways. We’ve cared for their daughters whenever they needed our help (even watching their oldest while they went on an eight-day cruise) and have helped decorate and repair things around their house. Our son went to Afghanistan and our daughter-in-law [...]

Q: Normally I have a cool nature but recently, once a month I get a fit of anger — about silly things — and I start beating my kids. At that moment I don’t have any control over myself. After that I feel depressed and guilty. Please help me figure out what I can do [...]

Q: What’s the difference between an upsetting event that makes someone angry versus one that makes them sad? A: I hope that this feels like an answer when I say that several schools of thought within psychology are based on the idea that differences in reactions come from differences within individuals. In other words, an [...]