What's something that you learned about yourself recently?

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What's something that you learned about yourself recently? - Lemmy.world

That reason I am angry so often is because I have anxiety.

Now this may be because I am oldish. But I grew up in world where anxiety and depression. all those things luckily existed but where associated with sadness or apathy.

So a lot of situations where I got anxiety, for example to be late or risk of asking stupid question I became really angry.

Making it extremely hard for people to deal with me because of the association was not something that was naturally occurring for people.

So last year I found an article about it and it honestly changed my life. I still get angry but now I can actually try healthy coping mechanisms instead of fighting anything.

Do you by chance have a link to the article? I relate to your comment a lot so I might be in a similar situation

Here it is. psychologytoday.com/…/why-anger-is-nothing-more-r…

I also would recommend www.calmclinic.com/anxiety/symptoms/anger It gave me ground to internalperspective mixed experience living with people with anxiety.

Why Anger Is Nothing More Than Repressed Anxiety

Anger is best perceived paradoxically as an “offensive defense” against anxiety.

Psychology Today