Overcoming Frustration and Anger

1. Talking with someone you trust. Talking may help you become more clear about what you are feeling.
2. Talking out loud to yourself.
3. Writing about your feelings.
4. Recognizing things that you cannot change.
5. Making changes to help reduce your anger and frustration.

Causes. Frustration originates from feelings of uncertainty and insecurity which stems from a sense of inability to fulfill needs. If the needs of an individual are blocked, uneasiness and frustration are more likely to occur.

Regardless of the term you use, when you’re irritable, you’re likely to become frustrated or upset easily. You might experience it in response to stressful situations. It may also be a symptom of a mental or physical health condition.

Most people with ADHD have a very low frustration tolerance. They’re easily overwhelmed by their emotions and the stresses they experience. They don’t have a barrier that allows them to set aside uncomfortable emotions, and they often become completely flooded by a feeling, making it unbearable.

Start by considering these 10 anger management tips.

1. Think before you speak.
2. Once you’re calm, express your anger.
3. Get some exercise.
4. Take a timeout.
5. Identify possible solutions.
6. Stick with ‘I’ statements.
7. Don’t hold a grudge.
8. Use humor to release tension.

Recognizing Physiological Signs of Anger

• clenching your jaws or grinding your teeth.
• headache.
• stomach ache.
• increased and rapid heart rate.
• sweating, especially your palms.
• feeling hot in the neck/face.
• shaking or trembling.
• dizziness.

The definition of frustration is the feeling of irritability or anger because of the inability to achieve something.

Anger becomes a problem when you have trouble controlling it, causing you to say or do things you regret. A 2010 study found that uncontrolled anger is bad for your physical and emotional health. It can also quickly escalate to verbal or physical violence, harming you and those around you.

The most immediate reason for angry tears is probably that you feel hurt, embarrassed, betrayed, or unjustly treated. When people experience injustice, rejection, or humiliation, the natural response includes both anger and sadness — often simultaneously.

Anger can be a particularly powerful emotion characterized by feelings of hostility, agitation, frustration, and antagonism towards others. Like fear, anger can play a part in your body’s fight or flight response.

Intermittent explosive disorder is a lesser-known mental disorder marked by episodes of unwarranted anger. It is commonly described as “flying into a rage for no reason.” In an individual with intermittent explosive disorder, the behavioral outbursts are out of proportion to the situation.

What does this mean? Typically, one of the primary emotions, like fear or sadness, can be found underneath the anger. Fear includes things like anxiety and worry, and sadness comes from the experience of loss, disappointment or discouragement.

The five stages of grief model (or the Kübler-Ross model) postulates that those experiencing grief go through a series of five emotions: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.

THE BASICS

1. Have compassion for yourself.
2. Decide it’s not worth it.
3. Anger and feelings of injustice beget physical pain.
4. Choose to be empowered by separating the facts of the situation from your emotions.
5. Seek treatment modalities that melt anger and feelings of injustice.

Tips for letting go

1. Create a positive mantra to counter the painful thoughts.
2. Create physical distance.
3. Do your own work.
4. Practice mindfulness.
5. Be gentle with yourself.
6. Allow the negative emotions to flow.
7. Accept that the other person may not apologize.
8. Engage in self-care.

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) has long been believed to be the one psychiatric disorder that produced the most intense emotional pain and distress in those who suffer with this condition. Studies have shown that borderline patients experience chronic and significant emotional suffering and mental agony.

12 Steps to Overcoming Bitterness

1. 12 Ways to Overcome Bitterness.
2. Do a serious re-evaluation.
3. Put your story on hold.
4. Take what responsibility you can.
5. Stop spying.
6. Face up to your hidden fears.
7. Forgive – but only at your own pace.
8. And don’t forget to forgive yourself, too.

Signs of Resentment

• Recurring Negative Feelings. It’s common to feel recurring negative feelings toward people or situations that hurt you.
• Inability to Stop Thinking About the Event.
• Feelings of Regret or Remorse.
• Fear or Avoidance.
• A Tense Relationship.

Here are 5 steps to release and let go of resentment:

1. Acknowledge Resentment.
2. Identify Where You Have Power.
3. Take Action Where You Have Power.
4. Release Anything Over Which You Don’t Have Power.
5. Make Gratitude a Daily Habit.

One thing you can know for sure is that if you don’t try to address the resentment, it won’t go away by itself. Resentment is a cancer that metastasizes and eventually makes it impossible for a healthy relationship to survive.

Practice cognitive behavioral techniques to stop indulging in resentment. Put a thought between your feelings of resentment and indulging in ruminating about them. Acknowledge your part in allowing the abuse to occur, forgive yourself for that, and make a decision to not let it occur again.

How to Let Go of Someone (Because Sometimes That’s What’s Best)

1. How to Let Go of a Relationship.
2. Decide Whether the Relationship Is Worth it.
3. Cut Off Contact.
4. Accept That You’re Only in Control of Your Own Actions.
5. Lean on Friends and Family.
6. Trust the Process.
7. Prioritize Self-Care.
8. Reframe Your Definition of Forgiveness.

Breaking The Cycle

1. Find out what your partner did or didn’t do that sparked your resentment.
2. Understand what it is you truly want that wasn’t being met to spark the resentment. Do you want to be recognized?
3. Recognize the negative feelings that are sparked when your wants aren’t met.
4. Name your reaction to the event.

Bobby points out that many wives resent their husbands because “they often feel frazzled, frustrated, and resentful about the higher level of mental energy and material energy they are expected to devote to their household, career and families.” That can leave her little room for some soul-replenishing me-time, let …