Posted by Renee N on January 9, 2000, at 1:19:34
In reply to Anger...and other Emotions that take over you., posted by Janice on January 9, 2000, at 0:48:50
> great responses. Noa, how do these specialists suggest ADHD people deal with anger? practise and use self-talk?
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> Sometimes I wonder why is it the emotion anger that people so commonly have problems with? Is it because of the danger of someone acting on anger?
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> I notice that many different emotions or even ideas can take control of my life for a few days at a time.
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> Sometimes, I believe, it's almost like a seizure.
> they seem triggered, like anger, by a small event, and then, spontaneously, it goes away.
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> For example, for a three day period recently, I could do nothing but think about how bad a father my brother is. My brain would not let me not think about this. Of course, during this period, I was able to find ample evidence to prove this idea right; although in reality, he is a very decent father.
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> I have learnt not to act on these 'seizures', and often feel very guilty afterwards for believing the things I do when they happen.
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> Anyone else experience anything like this? Or any ideas about what to do when this happens? All insights appreciated, Janice.Janice, have you discussed this with your psychiatrist, therapist or doctor? I'm no expert, but it could be signs of OCD or just the ruminations of a depressed person.
Cognitive-behaviorial therapy teaches how to progress from negatively unrealistic self talk to more helpful reality based self talk. I'm ADD and/or depressed(I think dysthymic) and I know I have constantly talked to myself in my head my whole life. When I first was confronted with the idea that my problems may be not only ADD, I realized how much of my self talk is negative; and then, when I started reading the book by Burns, Feeling Good:the New Mood Therapy, I realized it wasn't just negative, but also only my own distorted views. Others may not see me the same way. I haven't finished the book, but I highly recommend at least taking a look at it. I must say that I believe that the drugs are a more immediate relief for depression, but that the ideas presented in this book could help anyone, depressed, or not, to feel better about themselves and to learn things they can actually DO to help themselves become more emotionally healthy.
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