1..What is anger

      2..Flashpoint anger

      3..Self-frustration anger

      4..Self anger at ones losses

      5..Coping strategies for anger management.
 

1.. What is anger...
Well simply anger is a emotion in which you feel as anger. The components of this anger are, inadequacy in ones self, adrenaline, depression.
      a..Inadequacy in oneself also has several components of which damage to  some areas of the brain is the main cause. unless there was anger problems before the damage part of the brain which controls anger is in the front lobes, My left front lobe was damaged and i have lost that self control in some cases when my attention is diverted. Part which is a big part in controlling anger is my emotional state at the time. also my thoughts are i flooding with to much information then reacting( Well yes i am). drugs can also affect anger by changing the chemical make of the brain thus effecting its function. Remember my anger is not my fault but its the brain injury fault . But its my responsablity to try and correct this anger when it occurs by ways of new learned compensatory strategies.
 

      b..Adrenaline is a hormone secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress, it can cause a flight or fight response in us, the key trigger of adrenaline is our own inadequacy. This leads to stress , intern anger. Now adrenaline makes your heart rate rise and feeds your emotions with a sugar like" high" feeling and sudden rush which feeds the flashpoint anger. Now this rush of adrenaline flows into your muscles/brain fueling anger. In a way adrenaline is our bodies defence fuel to cope with the onset or incoming stress, its gives us the energy but it also sends us sometimes out of control. Now non TBI folks have problems with adrenaline fueling anger too, but for a TBI its causes much more problems as the control centre in the the brain is either damaged or out of order till relearning / training takes for better control of ones self. controlling adrenaline rush is the the key to limiting the anger.

      c..Depression.. in the first 3 years of being TBI i was very angry at my situtation , I could workout how to fix it , I was overloading, I was also full of head pain. Now anger in a TBI (or anyone) is depression in hidding. it quite possible to be angry with life and NOT show normal depression signs. so anger is just simply depression hidding, depression is simply not understanding ones self.(see depression for more details). 

2...Flashpoint Anger...
Well flashpoint anger occurs in me when my adrenaline has risen without me being awhere it has. then my thoughts are broken, i snap with a instant temper. Now this is totally through my inadequacy to control it or recognize the on set of it. key to controlling flash point anger is understand what i am able to do without over taxing my brain, because as soon as extra stress is added, in order for the body to cope adrenaline starts fueling the body, if left unchecked flashpoint anger occurs. Normally a loved one asks something quite innocently but that's enough to trigger a already stressing brain. Flashpoint anger is caused by my brain having to much to handle at that time. This can be from many angles like self-frustration in me or family members overloading me, or just simply head pain clouding my thoughts. Quite often little things are just enough to set me off. just mention ACC my insurer i there ready to explode..

3...Self Frustration Anger
Well i think every TBI has this, I go to do something which i done thousand of times before and my initiation doesn't work. I know how to do it but cant get started or what ever. I get pissed off with myself, sending myself into a mood swing which can end in many way. flashpoint anger, or brain overload to the point it crashes, or crying at myself cause i cant do it, or just feeling real down cause I know I can do it but just cant find a way at that time. This self frustration anger makes you self-centred but you don't recognize that you are being that way. Yes i do forget about others feelings although this is improving with hard work.

4...Self Anger at ones losses.
Well this still occurs in me at nearly being 4 years TBI. why I stated it separate from self-frustration anger is you have this nagging feeling which gets to me every so often, Why did I have to fall and hit my head. then from that comes anger at myself for letting my family down, this starts with me feeling guilty that i can no longer work, and all I am is a burden now. What makes it so hard is that I was a high achiever before my fall. My old learned memory still thinks like pre-TBI but ofcause it don't match the new brains ability which is greatly reduced. How long this grieving anger last for I don't know, but I suppose one would always get these feelings. Also for me self-anger at myself because I no long in control with my life, everything has changed.

5..Coping Strategies for Anger  Management.
Now along with many other titles written here, alot of strategies are the same so i have listed a link to that page. But you must have as i have found it not easy to control anger, theres so many things that effect anger so a general coping strategies as well as some straight anger managment strategies are linked here below,
     a.. Having a safe place to go (this includes key points for family and friends) click.

     b..Walk away.. (this is key to calming)   click.

     c..Reconise the start of stress             click.

     d..Relaxations strategies                     click.

     e..Understanding depression                click.

      f..Working in the flow of life             click