AS and anger

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I get pretty bad anger sometimes. I don't turn it outwards usually, I point it back in and am self-destructive.

Anger is a secondary emotion, and can result from frustration or loneliness if they are able to build up enough.

Frustration and loneliness sums up my life a lot of the time. It always turns into anger eventually.

When I get mad, I often want to yell at people, or get violent and hit them. People can drive me insane any time they want because of my AS. It is as simple as saying the right words, or playing games with my mind, or just ignoring me and pretending I don't exist. I don't act out because I know it won't help... but it is tough to resolve the anger without doing something about it. I am very sensitive and take things very literally, and people can easily hurt my feelings if they want to.

I am sure there are many AS people who struggle with anger here.

I'm like that too. I get angry inside but I soon get upset that I'm angry. I always end up in tears and then get angry again and start throwing things around.

People being really short tempered with me can set me off. As well as people ignoring me or being rude.
I'm a little bit sensitive.

I used to bottle up my feelings, then I had a problem with loosing my temper when I least expected it. I learned to 'live in the moment' (so to speak) more. I try to express myself when something annoys me, let each little thing out at the time, so that it doesn't bottle up into a huge thing anymore. This has helped me. Did that make any sense? lol Been online too long, I should get off.

I get angry sometimes, and only a few years ago it was still pretty bad, but not as bad as it was before that or in elemetry school. What happened a few years ago was just frustration and not totally developed maturity, but my symptoms arn't that severe so I was able to grow up fast. I would hit people on occassion and act out or scheme. Now my problem is mostly how I feel about people who make me angry; I've given up being angry about anything that's out of my control. Sometimes I get extremely angry and want to do somthing when I think about anti abortion people or rapists, somtimes anti death penalty people, but that's mostly been it. People usually have to try to get me angry when I get exremely angry at a piticular person, but it's rare for me to let them bother me but when they do I freaking burn inside. I'm almost totally normal unlike when I was younger, but my brother was a lot worse than me. He pushed me around and hit me a lot of the time.

I don't get angry or lose my temper at all i don't shout at all.

Yes, I'm like this also.
It's like there is two men inside me. One angry, one calm.
I always yell at or hit people when they annoy me/insult me/mock me...
It's really creating problems in my life, but I'm taking medicine to help me cope with it.

I have anger management issues, and I have threatened family members with violence. I've had all sorts of nasty, violent, murderous impulses. Since I can't bring myself to attack another human being, much less a family member, I usually just break things and smash furniture.

A very sobering thought is that of the police getting involved. I'm not a violent man but my demons love to provoke me. Given my psychiatric history, it's a miracle that I've been able to resist those impulses even at the worst of times. The violence I've committed is always turned inward, inflicted on myself.

Thank God I haven't hurt anyone.

I get angry weirdly because I bottle it up in public or school but can really shout at home.

yes. terrible problems with my anger. better than it used to be, but the meltdowns leave me feeling guilty and ashamed, and i cannot help them. i go from peaceful to rage in .5 seconds. no medial emotions. just all extreme.

I have AS and I'm angry.

I tend to repress my anger. Every few years or so I will explode in class because someone is picking on me and we will get into a very violent fight that involves lots of screaming and me punching and biting. I think it is safe to say that I have more than my fair share of anger related issues. I am not the best at self soothing.

WOuldn't say i'm an angry person, or angry as often as some of you folks, but i'm no stranger to it. What worries me more is my inability to express anger. THankfully i've never gotten myself in great harm as a result, but it just bothers me how i never even react properly when people are ruffling my feathers. Its like as if i can't express it at all. Even to people younger than me and weaker. Its like as if i lack the understanding of how to express it, and endure this anger in a physical sense. Sometimes i just want to intimidate people back and scare them off, but i don't know how. I experiment with facial expressions, but i can't hold them for too long.

I've heard 'depression is just anger turned inward', makes sense. I've often lashed out in frustration (usually at percieved injustice) and have hurt ppl but mostly had tantrums, yelled & such. Depression is just part of me, like the rain in Seattle... but we have many warm beautiful days here as well.