feeling a lot more agressive lately...

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recently ive been doing a lot of training at home and in taekwon-do and for some reason i feel a lot more angry recently...might be to do with testostorone levels or something (which by the way seem to be through the roof)

like for instance i find myself lashing out at people more often (verbaly) and i feel like punching whatever it is making me angry all the time. of course i can controll myself (im not some violent dungeon lurking beast lol) but im worried i might do something stupid soon, namely physicaly lashing out at someone, which has happened before, and i've regreted it

is this connected to me working out in any way? if so what is the best way to relieve anger at something?

p.s.
this may not be the exact forum for this question but if the solution/problem is biochemical then i geuss it goes here.

(just realised i post a lot of questions on here...i like to know things )

Well, I usually relieve my anger by working out. I don't believe working out has ever made me more aggressive. I've yet to take up a martial art, so maybe it's possible that it 'angrys up your blood', but it's doubtful.

Have you had a change of diet or medication? Anything bothering you emotionally? Do you have new shoes? They can be very annoying.

I've gotten excited at times and acted in ways that others might have construed as aggressive or threatening even though I wasn't angry and didn't mean to be threatening. Stress brings that out. Once I made a comment that I might put a photo of the Zidane incident into my thesis defense presentation, and it might have seemed aggressive even though I intended for it to be funny.

you wack dishipwin (see south park)

nah only kidding. i often feel the same. for me aggression often stems from insecurities and feeling like others are exploiting them. i find the best thing is to have some sort of sexual relief. if it is with a partner then that should do everything you need and more (oxytocin/vasopressin) if not then it should still help out. you could try incorporating breathing exercises or something like pilates into your work out. I find that when i do some basic pilates breathing that I feel far more in control and calm for the rest of the day. as far as actually controlling the agressive thought's once they arrive the only thing i could suggest is to try to be more self aware and remember that this is something you want to change. I find this sort of awareness/correction very difficult but i know it is possible to change behaviour (CBT ect)

good luck.

this thread is pretty much closed already but i think the reason for all of this is due to my abnormaly high testostorone levels...I havent had a hormonal testing done but i show pretty much all of what would happen in a person with high testosterone.

not like i ever had an anger management problem or something. probably just due to in life issues but i heard working out makes testostorone, or at least releases some.