Did you have anger issues as a child?

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This is part of what caused me to never get any decent help-- "help" was always a punishment, I was taken to psychiatrists not to help me, but because I'd done something wrong.

I was never angry as a child. My anger started during my mid-teens. I spent a few years being passive-aggressive and inwardly furious at others, and as a young adult I'm starting to wind down.

I had anger issues but not the explosive, screaming, throwing tantrums type of anger. I always internalized my anger and I believed it's what contributed to my first episode of depression which started when I was 12. I was the type of person who when I was little, would sit in the classroom and daydream about pushing kids off the top of the climbing wall and because I didn't want to get into trouble, I would take the anger out on myself by self harming and blaming myself for being angry.

I found it virtually impossible to control my anger when I was a child. If somebody pushed my buttons, I used to swear at them and/or hit them. There was an incident at the Wacky Warehouse when I was about three in which a girl pulled my hair, and it hurt, so I punched her in the side of the head. I can also remember being excluded from school when I was 10 because I swore at my teacher.

I grew out of the physical violence, and I am a lot calmer these days. However, if somebody pushes me to the limit of my patience, I do have a tendency to swear at them.

i get annoyed very easily. i dont think i have more anger than the average person. but i tend to build up and melt down. i take it out on my parents. i think they would say i have anger issues.

I had/still have anger issues.

I always accepted (in hindsight) that they were the product of how people abused me for being different and how nothing I ever did seemed to be "good enough" to be accepted by others.

I was very emotional as a child, and yes that included some anger issues. I was very prone to meltdowns and anxiety attacks.

Yeah I did. For the most part I was alright but I would occasionally lose control and hit or bite someone XD

I still have anger issues but I can usually refrain from hitting people.

I was once told I did, but I don't recall any anger problems. I can remember a few episodes in particular of angry outbursts, but I don't remember it being a continuing problem.

I have anger issues as an adult and when I wa a teenager (and I remember anger feeling horrible when I was a child).

I get angry at my sister when she does something I don't like, sometimes I bottle it up and then I throw something at her next time she does something I don't like. She gets angry at me when I don't want to get something for her or bring her plate to the kitchen when she can do it herself. I get angry at her when she says certain words or says things with a certain tone.

Yes. I would get anxiety grade/highschool too. It probably didn't help my younger brother was an instigator and therefore took the brunt of my anger. He just kept pushing my buttons when I told him to stop. We've come to terms with this. He calls it the insanity gene. Perhaps I should tell him about AS.

I used to get angry as a child as people used to wind me up and i end up getting into trouble and i still get angry now but not as much when i was younger though.

yeh i used to have some wicked tantrums - the kind where you end up climbing up walls in a complete rage to get away from people