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[StilH2O]

I have a pretty negative attitude and a quick temper so I've been working with IC on those.

Where do those come from? Have you dug into them? How are you addressing?

I think a lot of both of those comes from how I was raised and how I grew up. The negative attitude part I think I can fix a lot on my own just by consciously trying to see the bright side of things. It's not that I have a negative attitude on life as a whole but in many situations I always kind of expected the worst, and then if that didn't happen I was never disappointed.

The anger part is going to be more difficult for me to get under control. Some of it I can do on my own but I've been working with the counselor and reading some books on managing my anger. It has never gotten to the point of physical violence as far as hitting her but yelling was not uncommon and there were a few times when I would throw, slam or hit things. That's one thing I just thought was normal early on because that's how my Dad vented, but as time went on that is one thing that I really didn't like about myself, but I didn't know any other ways to deal with or express my anger.