Sometimes I just snap...

[KrisRenee]

I've really been on the edge the past few months.  I just feel like nobody understands, and I'm generally frustrated, and sometimes I just snap... I've never been like this, I don't know what's going on.  I feel like there's not really anything to be frustrated about, simple things like my mom asking what I want for dinner turns into "You ask me every day and I never know!!!!! Just cook anything! arggg!"  I don't know... Maybe I get it from my dad.
Thoughts???
~Aiden

[silverarrow]

I don't know, I do the same thing. It could just be stress. Or like you said, from your dad. But maybe you could try meditating and see if that helps. I think whatever the reason, you should have alone time where you can relax. Hope this helps

[Padma]

Not that I'm making assumptions about your age from your avatar (and sorry if this seems matronising, it's not meant to be ), but there could also be hormonal stuff involved?

[KrisRenee]

I'm 17, I'm thinking that might be over, but nothing's impossible...

[Lynne]

Ahh, I'm not alone, great I have the same quarrel about meals as you KrisRenee. Stress can play quite a big role in these things, one word can set me off sometimes, and I can be really nasty and I feel awful about it later. I think my frustration will go away as soon as I can start living my life as I want to.

[KrisRenee]

Ahh, I'm not alone, great I have the same quarrel about meals as you KrisRenee. Stress can play quite a big role in these things, one word can set me off sometimes, and I can be really nasty and I feel awful about it later. I think my frustration will go away as soon as I can start living my life as I want to.

I do too.  I hope it's all a part of, "You don't understand, but then again, I don't want you to understand because I don't particularly understand"...The only people I don't snap at are the people that know I'm trans.  Every day I worry i'm going to snap and make someone eternally angry at me.  I don't necessarily want to lose the people in my life, I just want them to know and support me...but that's my fantasy world

I hope things get better for you, good luck in the future.

[Lynne]

I do too.  I hope it's all a part of, "You don't understand, but then again, I don't want you to understand because I don't particularly understand"...The only people I don't snap at are the people that know I'm trans.  Every day I worry i'm going to snap and make someone eternally angry at me.  I don't necessarily want to lose the people in my life, I just want them to know and support me...but that's my fantasy world

I hope things get better for you, good luck in the future.

Thank you for the kind wishes, I wish the best for you too.

I think you summed it up quite nicely. The strange thing is, I can speak about trans things with anyone who knows what I'm talking about and knows about me, but I seem to have a mental block that activates when I'm trying to explain trans things to people who are important to me and I lose my patience easily.

[spacial]

OK, this might not make me very popular, but there is something you might try. Though it will only work if you have a notion, before you explode, that you are feeling tense. If not, then this isn't going to help at all.

Basically, some people, especially, when their bodoes are going through enormous changes, use up a whole lot of energy. So, carry a few cubes of sugar with you and suck one when you feel particularly tense.

At the very worst, it won't make any difference.

If you have a weight problem, then you may think this is bad advice for you. However, I am pretty certain that, with the ocasional cube, only when you need it, won't make a whole lot of difference.