Feeling Mad Because of Your Anxiety

[gracer]

Hello everyone!


Just this morning, I was feeling so anxious at not being able to do something I have planned on doing and it also somehow made me feel mad and short-tempered. I am feeling a bit lighter now though but I was at it again earlier because of an Internet connection which has been hindering me from doing my work. So pretty much negative things seemed to have piled up on me today that made me feel so heavy and feeling like I just want to shout at the top of my lungs to release my tension.


It's somewhat hard to explain but have you ever felt a feeling of anger over your anxiety too? How do you manage yourself when this happens?

 

[Sue]

Some days are better then others. It seems like some days are bad from the start and everything the can go wrong does. I do believerything though that the most agitated we get the worse the day gets. You have to try and change things around and not let the anger get the best of you. Maybe go for a long and try to get things off your mind. I am sorry things aren't going your way today. Hope the day gets better.

 

[LovelyLiz]

I do feel my frustration turning into anger over my anxiety. There's times when I've been looking forward to a social event for days or weeks, but when the time arrives, my anxiety is too high, and I can't bear to be there. I think the key to handling this, is to try and learn to manage the anxiety, to keep levels as low as possible, but try to be forgiving when your anxiety does overwhelm you.

 

[djordjem87]

I have my ups and down but I really am not a mad person and although it gets me sometimes I really get frustrated sometimes but rarely mad. I get mildly mad when I get anxious for a thing that is not that big at all and I feel my heart pumping in my ears and my throat. I hate that feeling of ventilating or hyperventilating, whatever. I am always trying to do some things or find solutions for my state and I take on most logic advices. Music is relaxing for me as well as sport. I play guitar and it relaxes me, also I run and exercise a lot so that soothes my mood as well. Yoga is another thing that helps with anger and stress.

 

[Alex]

Anger and anxiety crossover often, and one can be followed by the other. When things like a slow internet connection happens, you can only do so much and you get anxious and angry. This happened to me a couple of weeks ago; I lost posts, and emails I was writing, but there was nothing I could do.


In the end I went and watched television for a while as there was nothing I could do and trying to reboot the router would just make me more anxious. At times you just have to walk away and let it go, and then go back and start afresh. My other option is eat chocolate!

 

[lexinonomous]

Majority of the time, my anxiety will make me feel angry. I tend to get frustrated that I don't have the ability to turn my anxiety off. The worst is when you recognize that you're being irrational and your anxiety has little to no reason to act up, yet you're still feeling anxious. It's not surprising that you're experiencing angry feelings. Living in your own head can get frustrating at times.


I have to agree with Alex- Chocolate is my best friend when I'm experiencing these feelings. Taking a few deep breaths and enjoying a piece of candy does the trick for me. My relationship with food isn't the best, but it does help when I'm trying to calm myself down.

 

[Panic57]

I get mad sometimes because of my anxiety. Sometimes i get so worked up about needing to get a project done in an unreasonable amount of time or check off my list but can't and it's infuriating. The anxiety attacks makes it difficult for the people closest to me to deal with me. Most days, my family rolls their eyes at my anxiety and just wait for it to pass when I really need them to tell me it'll be alright. I mostly get mad at myself for not being able to moderate my thoughts so that push back the emotional aspect to create more reasonable thoughts.

 

[HappyKoi]

I certainly do! I would say that it's more frustration because I feel "stuck" and unable to do things. I think that I should be able to do something simple, like check my email, but my anxiety paralyzes me. What helps me is to break what I need to do down into little bits. If it's, perhaps, make a phone call, I'll say, "Okay, I'll get my phone and put it next to me. Then I'll decide what to do from there." When I do that, I let myself choose if I want to find the phone number I need (not call it, just bring it up), and then if I want to stop there or do something else, etc. This lets me take my time, regulate my emotions between steps and take time to calm myself (because the anxiety level of doing each step by itself is a bit lower), and it lets me feel like I am more in control and not so overwhelmed. I suppose it looks a bit silly on the outside, but if it lets me get what I need to done, I've decided that I don't much care about what others think of it.

 

[gracer]

Thank you so much for all your replies guys! Thankfully, today has been a better one for me. It started good and things seem to be working out the way I want them to. Now that I'm in my better state of mind, I just couldn't help but think about how unreasonable I was yesterday. Sometimes anxiety gets so frustrating that it takes the best off of you.


Alex and lexinonomous I Love chocolates! I have also heard that chocolates have the ability to make a person feel happy. I guess this is why it's also one of the mostly mentioned comfort food. I wish I had some chocolates with me yesterday, maybe I could have felt a little better that time if I had one beside me.

 

[Alex]

Thank you so much for all your replies guys! Thankfully, today has been a better one for me. It started good and things seem to be working out the way I want them to. Now that I'm in my better state of mind, I just couldn't help but think about how unreasonable I was yesterday. Sometimes anxiety gets so frustrating that it takes the best off of you.
Alex and lexinonomous I Love chocolates! I have also heard that chocolates have the ability to make a person feel happy. I guess this is why it's also one of the mostly mentioned comfort food. I wish I had some chocolates with me yesterday, maybe I could have felt a little better that time if I had one beside me.

While I do love chocolate (although I am attempting to go sugar free for a while, not very successfully) it's the knowing it's there and the act of eating that also calms me down. Sometimes knowing I have a chocolate bar to hand helps, and then I don't even eat it! It's not the solution by any means, but it helps. Therefore, by me not eating the chocolate, psychologically knowing I could if I needed to helps me feel less anxious.

 

[hades_leae]

When I get mad from anxiety, it's because I'm in a moment when I don't want to feel it. Back then I used to get mad at myself when I was out with my ex. We would be having a good time, then all of a sudden I'd get social anxiety just like I did when we first started dating.


I hated myself because I knew I would get tense, and wouldn't be able to stop thinking about mistakes that I might start making while I'm out with her. I eventually told her how I was felling at times when I went out, and for some reason it changed just because she knew, and I think that made me change mentally.

 

[sidney]

I think it's just normal to get mad because of our anxiety, since if we don't have it in the first place, then we can function more normally, right? As for me, I recently am getting irritated with the smallest things, so even if that does not cause me anxiety, it's enough to ruin my whole day, and hence, make me less productive.

 

[Kosta]

I have never felt mad because of anxiety, but rather sad when I had the most problems. It is a specific issue, and it has caused a feeling of fear in my head. Especially because it has been connected with my panic attacks, which have been the largest part of the problem. I just wanted to solve the problem and continue to live a normal life. But, it has been very hard and the years have passed. However, I have been pretty wise also, and now I am almost free from the problem. I can only thank God for that, because, He has been my main support.

 

[pnx626]

Oh yeah definitely. A lot of my anxiety is centered around the feeling of what I'm 'supposed' to be doing. And I get so anxious I get paralyzed and can't do any of what I planned or wanted to, then at the end of the day when I realize how little I've gotten done I get irrationally angry and frustrated at myself. It's super hard to try and rationalize my way out of getting so angry at myself and at the end it's just a huge blow to my self-esteem. Does anyone else get angry at themselves or is it more of snapping at other people thing?

 

[gracer]

pnx626 I actually feel both, I get angry at myself and sometimes I would also snap at other people. Sometimes, even simple things like a slow speed internet can trigger my anger and irritation. I hate feeling these kinds of feelings though, especially the snapping at other people because I don't really wnt to hurt anybody's feelings but I still end up doing so because of my mixed feelings of anger and anxiety. It can be very frustrating.

 

[PurplePanda999]

Anger is the way my anxiety most often shows itself. Most especially in crowds.


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