The following questions are related to ‘Anger’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
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Q: My husband has outbursts of intense anger over stupid, little things, and I don’t understand why. I never know just what is going to set him off! He calls me a stupid idiot in front of our children. He yelled and screamed at me because he saw me putting a spoonful of baked beans [...]
Q: I’m generally pretty mature for my age, but I’ve been dealing with anger issues all my life. Recently, they’ve started to affect my relationships with my bosses and co-workers. I’ve made improvements, but I feel so drained every time I manage to stop myself from having an outburst and usually can’t keep from having [...]
Q: I am a 23-year-old male who is often described as calm, laid back and very social by friends, family and coworkers. I’m usually very difficult to upset and am mostly logical about conflict. I recently purchased a pair of guinea pigs, and have spent a lot of time and effort to house them and [...]
Q: Today was a bad day! My mom sent me to cut onions, and I went to do it. Anyway, while I was doing it my dad started shouting at me because he noticed that I was not “smiling” while I was doing the work. I got angry and talked back to him saying that [...]
Q: Can you help me please? Growing up as a child from the age of 10 onwards, I was told on a regular basis that I was useless, worthless, fat, and disgusting. I was also told that I was breathing air that I didn’t deserve. No matter what I tried to do — whether it [...]
Q: I am getting progressively confused about my common law marriage of 5 years. We come from different backgrounds. I’m a quiet non-violent female who’s been abused by my father but managed to rebel against it, detach myself by moving away, and keep my identity and dignity relatively intact. My partner is from a family [...]
Q: My husband tends to throw fits and cuss and yell when when he is having troubles with something. He has never actually cussed and yelled at me or our son, but I still really don’t like it. It always seems to make the situation worse. It’s usually when we are working in the shop [...]
