Hi everyone,

I started this thread because I heard something interesting today about mental health from a psychologist and I'm wondering what you think.

The speaker was Dr Jeff Bailey. He was talking about anger management, and said his belief was that anger was a choice - a really bad choice. It's actually part of what he called 'choice therapy'. I'm trying to get my head around this as I really lost it at work yesterday. When I came back and apologised, one person waved their hand in my face (ie talk to the hand, because I'm not listening) and refused to accept it.

So now I'm looking at my behaviour. I sort of get what Dr Bailey was saying, but I have also heard that anger is a stage of grief. So how can it be a choice in the one instance, and a stage on the other?

Why I'm thinking about this is that I've been emotionally all over the place. Tears well up instantly any time I hear about something sad (today it was a child that had a stutter so bad he couldn't communicate). I have been hysterically crying at DH last week. I also get really angry really quickly. I'm really worried about myself as I usually don't react this badly. I am also spot bleeding and I'm in the final week of the pill. I went on it because I was bleeding for 2 weeks naturally. Work has been pretty stressful too.

I'd love to hear what you think...
Gargy