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I have been fiercely enraged many times in my life. The really severe episodes ended very badly, with arrests and ruined relationships - not to mention destroyed property.
I have learned that the rage I sometimes experience is a dysphoric mania. Not hypomania, but full-blown mania. During the time when the raging mania strikes I believe that I have perfectly valid reasons for my extreme anger; it's just that no one understands my reasoning (because, I reason, they just don't "get" how valid my angry feelings are).
I'm thinking that maybe your therapist was indicating that your enraged feelings and actions are indicative of your mood disorder. Of course I cannot diagnose you; I can speak only from my own experience - which sounds pretty much like my own experiences.
Dysphoric mania is not a euphoric mania. Dysphoric mania is when mania turns into irritability, anger, rage, and violence.
Did your therapist give you any insight into the experience your having? Any helpful suggestions?
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