Thread: Rage and Binge
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Old Sep 11, 2013, 01:53 PM
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Anger management didn't work to well for me sadly. The best advice I got from it is "when you get angry and want to hurt yourself squeeze ice cubes until it hurts instead, the cold will reduce your rage" which is inconvenient sometimes when you need the freezer is miles away. What has been working is learning how to assert my feelings better through practice using methods I got in CBT, when somebody hurts me I let them know that what they are doing is hurtful and call them out on their b/s. It is so triggering for me when I get the silent treatment I also become full of rage and want to go on self-destructive binges. Which I'm the same way you are, I went from drug/booze binges now I'm binge eating lately. Try to eat more fruits instead of junk foods, they are more filling and make binge eating a lot harder. I love cheesecake I only eat it on special occasions though.

In a sense I am being more honest with them, and myself because when I feel hurt I don't really want to start fighting and cause more hurt. I want them to stop hurting me because the feeling brings back horrible feelings of abandonment from my early childhood. Glad you are feeling better now allme
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