[Halcali]

So, I keep getting really angry or annoyed for very little reason or no reason at all, same goes for getting upset or depressed. It's like, I'll get so angry I start to get a headache, or I'll want to cry but I have no idea why or it's for something so small. I hate it, I feel like I have no idea how I really feel, because I have such strong emotions of happyness, anger/hate, or sadness, in the same day or week about the same thing. And again, it's for no reason; nothing drastic is happening to cause this and the fact that I can't ever explain why I feel certain ways at times just makes it worst.

[Pinks Rain]

I can relate, I get very happy, sad, depressed, angry, mad, jealous, all very suddenly and at the most stupid random est things, or just because of nothing at all. Can't tell you how many times I've started crying and people have asked me "whats wrong?" and I have absolutely no idea what to tell them heh :/ It makes me very silly and embarrassed. I don't seem to have any connection to my emotions, like I can't explain why I feel anything. I mean like if i'm sad, i could think up reasons why I could be sad, but it's like I don't know why I'm sad. I don't know if that's normal, i've always been that way.

Sorry i'm just rambling, point is I feel like I can relate. I really have no advice though, unfortunately. Sorry :/

[Mysterygirl202]

Me too! But someof my friends do that too. I think it's a human thing.

[Perna]

See if treating it like a trigger and looking for what is "really" wrong helps? I get road rage, which I don't normally, and I have trained myself when I recognize such an extreme anger to look at where I am feeling helpless in my life.

I can't stand to feel helpless and use anger to "re-energize" myself and get myself out of it. It's kind of like when you paint yourself into a corner? It requires something equally extreme to get you out?

See how you use the extreme emotions, underneath you are probably anxious/scared, frustrated or feeling helpless or worthless? If you get curious and go looking for what is underneath, the "red flag" emotions will instantly go away because they did their job.

It's like dreams of monsters chasing you and how they tell you to turn around and confront the monster to get rid of it.

[vanessaG]

I can totally relate. I'm very much still learning how to control my emotions even a little bit.
For instance sometime (no pretty often) my girls make me so irritated. And not normal kid irritation, like they do littlest thing I gt SO angry. Or if someone is rude/cuts me off in a store I feel like cussing them out lol (I don't of course) and I was in the bookstore last week and I read a couple emotional book that apparently sent me off and I started crying & had to leave.

I know it's no fun to have your emotions go up, down, sideways...it's exhausting.
I downloaded this meditation app on my iPhone that talks you through breathing exercises with relaxing sounds, and it's helped quite a bit most of the time

[Halcali]

Originally Posted by vanessaG

I can totally relate. I'm very much still learning how to control my emotions even a little bit.
For instance sometime (no pretty often) my girls make me so irritated. And not normal kid irritation, like they do littlest thing I gt SO angry. Or if someone is rude/cuts me off in a store I feel like cussing them out lol (I don't of course) and I was in the bookstore last week and I read a couple emotional book that apparently sent me off and I started crying & had to leave.

I know it's no fun to have your emotions go up, down, sideways...it's exhausting.
I downloaded this meditation app on my iPhone that talks you through breathing exercises with relaxing sounds, and it's helped quite a bit most of the time

Yes it is exhausting. But I think I'll try to find an app or something like that too

[Halcali]

Originally Posted by Perna

See if treating it like a trigger and looking for what is "really" wrong helps? I get road rage, which I don't normally, and I have trained myself when I recognize such an extreme anger to look at where I am feeling helpless in my life.

I can't stand to feel helpless and use anger to "re-energize" myself and get myself out of it. It's kind of like when you paint yourself into a corner? It requires something equally extreme to get you out?

See how you use the extreme emotions, underneath you are probably anxious/scared, frustrated or feeling helpless or worthless? If you get curious and go looking for what is underneath, the "red flag" emotions will instantly go away because they did their job.

It's like dreams of monsters chasing you and how they tell you to turn around and confront the monster to get rid of it.

That's good advice, and I'll try to follow it, but the thing is most the time i am stumped on why i feel so strongly upset over something so tiny. I have realized that writing helps, so I think maybe expressing it all- even though its private- helps more. but this advice is very helpful thank you

[Halcali]

Originally Posted by Pinks Rain

I can relate, I get very happy, sad, depressed, angry, mad, jealous, all very suddenly and at the most stupid random est things, or just because of nothing at all. Can't tell you how many times I've started crying and people have asked me "whats wrong?" and I have absolutely no idea what to tell them heh :/ It makes me very silly and embarrassed. I don't seem to have any connection to my emotions, like I can't explain why I feel anything. I mean like if i'm sad, i could think up reasons why I could be sad, but it's like I don't know why I'm sad. I don't know if that's normal, i've always been that way.

Sorry i'm just rambling, point is I feel like I can relate. I really have no advice though, unfortunately. Sorry :/

That's, like, exactly what i do. Sometimes I hide all my emotions because it's like, what do I do? i can't show them how upset i am and not have a reason why... and i can think up reasons, but i feel like these reasons are excuses