Anger and difficulties!

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I was walking down the street with my mum once and I started to feel really angry cause I felt short amongst other people. I asked my mum "why am I finding it so difficult to control my anger" and my mum said "because of your difficulties that's why"

I have Asperger's syndrome but in more depth what do you think my mother meant by "difficulties"?

I don't think it's an 'in depth' kind of question. She probably just meant 'you have trouble with anger because of Asperger's', and wasn't meaning anything more specific than that.

I agree with that.

I think you wanted an in-depth answer and you didn't get it.

Anger usually occurs due to unmet expectations. Emotions such as anger are often irrational and therefore difficult to understand. Perhaps you expected that you should meet people in the eye and not have to be looked down upon. This is irrational because not everybody is the same height. And yet sometimes we want things that are irrational.

To me your anger doesn't seem to be due to Aspergers. However, the difficulty in understanding your emotions is due to Aspergers. Then you expect to understand and control your anger, and you can't which makes you more angry.

If you feel angry, know that the emotion will pass. Observe the emotion by rating it on a scale of 1-10, every 2 minutes.