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rjason

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Too Much Anger, What to Do...
Posted: 08-18-05 21:11pm

I have a strange situation. I'm working 8 hour days with a boss who I believe is constantly angry at me, and then going home to mom who is also constantly angry at me. I, myself, have very little patience for anything stressful, so i'm getting angry back. I have no idea how to control this.

Me: I have symptoms related to generalized anxiety and social anxiety. And I definately have emotional issues. I tend to "get weird" when I get too emotionally close to someone new. I can't really define it, just that I act out of fear and anxiety, rather than naturally. This makes forming new relationships very difficult.

My boss: most everyone at work is very affraid of her. Her husband is bipolar, and I suspect she is. She used to love me, but now she is constantly out to get me. I don't think i'm being paranoid, she reads through my emails, and "interrogates" me on any tiny issue. Other employees I work with don't get this sort of abuse. I believe that at some point she decided I was a threat to her. I believe that this entire bad relationship is due to that perception. Everyone around her boosts her ego and is affraid to call her out on anything. These days, i'm soo sick of being seen as a "bad employee", especially when it's all emotional, and not based in fact... I'm so tired of it, that I get very angry when she comes to my desk to contradict, question, and interrogate me. I have not in recent months received a kind word from her. My main question is, how do I keep working, while being subjected to soo much hate.

My mom: nearly the same problems as my boss. My mom beleives she might be bipolar, but maybe more manic. She is taking 5 different antidepressants, and switches them up regardless of her psychiatrists perscription. My mom is in the mental health profession and knows how to get the meds she wants. She has very serious issues with anger, and although I know she loves me, I irritate her just from walking in the front door. I've tried everything I can, doing exactly what she says, hiding in my room, buying her starbucks, being friendly, no matter what I do, she is pissed at me. I don't know how to get away from it. I know for a fact that she has major issues with money, control, and low self esteem.

I've got my own mental and anxiety problems, and i'm spending my worka and home days with people who hate me. I have tried to work my best, and do my best, but it's not action based, it is purely relationship based...

Any advice would be very helpful, i'm becoming an angry person, which is not how i've been most of my life. The last time I was an angry person was when my mom kicked me out of the house at 13 years old... Since then, I was always a relaxed person. Sometimes, i'm only relaxed in action, but a ball of anxiety inside...

Please help me figure out what to do... I need to get through life better than this...

Thanks,

robert jason
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Posted: 08-27-05 20:24pm

Hi robert,

be calm and reasonable. Remember that your boss is not obliged to feel the same way about things as you do.
Aim to solve the disagreement, rather than win the argument. Be prepared to compromise.
Approach your boss in a conciliatory way. Ask them for their opinions, thoughts and judgements on the issue. Really listen to them.
Compliment them on any of their suggestions that you think are workable.
Suggest your own ideas, rather than demand them. Explain how your ideas will benefit the organisation.
Perhaps your boss will be more interested if you thoroughly research your ideas and present them professionally, highlighting possible benefits and drawbacks.
Start believing in you.....Start being assertive..... Let people know you are not giving them permission to treat you bad, they have to treat you like the best.....And only you can teach them this. This is not done through anger, this is not done through fear, this is done through belief in yourself and asserting yourself and sticking up for robert :d
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