Hey. I was told having issues controlling anger or emotions in general can be related to ADHD. I know I get WAY angrier than anyone should ever be sometimes.

Especially when injustice and ignorance come my way. I get furious beyond anything Iā€™ve ever seen or heard of anyone else talk about. Maybe aside from depictions of killers or berserkers in fiction. Itā€™s not cool.

Only a few times have I gotten in trouble for it luckily and I never actually done anything more than shout the most disgusting insults at someone.

Now I do feel bad afterwards if I got angry at someone I like. But often enough I feel they fucking deserved it. If someone is an ignorant asshole willingly ruining someoneā€™s day, week or life they deserve some ruin thrown back at them. I know this might not be a good and healthy thing to think. But if someone provokes someone donā€™t they ask to be yelled at?

I know they do this to ā€˜win the argumentā€™ because of that imo idiotic notion that who yells first is wrong. But honestly I rarely care to be right enough for shit to matter.

Iā€™ve read a few books on anger management and some techniques help a bit. But the amount of anger described in the book seems so very mild to me in comparison to what I experience and how fast it builds up. One book told me to count to three. I am ready to launch nukes before I reach 1. That wonā€™t work.

And I donā€™t get angry at something. I have pure rage and fury, hatred and contempt for existence itself at those moments. Angry really doesnā€™t cut it. Itā€™s scorched earth, blown it all up and piss on the ruins kind of anger.

So anyone else experience this? Any tips to deal with this shit?

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I mean theyā€™re saying they go straight to nuclear, but they also say that they only ever shouted at people. Iā€™ve unfortunately seen much stronger rage to the point where I would call shouting at people around ā€œmediumā€ anger.

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