| I wish you could control your anger, it is ruining | | | | I would be aware of when I would start to lose |
| our relationship. Has this statement ever been said | | | | control but could never seem to be able to stop |
| to you? I know it has to me, on more than one | | | | myself from letting rip etc. Counting to ten did not |
| occasion. I eventually decided that enough was | | | | do it for me. |
| enough; luckily this was before my wife had. I did | | | | I would tend to "lose it" when I was very tired or |
| not want to lose her and therefore decided to | | | | when I was down or depressed. I am also the |
| enrol on an anger management class. The results | | | | kind of person who finds it very hard to take any |
| were quite amazing and thus far, long lasting. I am | | | | form of criticism, this I am now aware is a very |
| now firmly back in my wife's good books and | | | | poor trait. |
| looking forward to the future. For the first time, in | | | | My wife had warned me that she could not |
| a long time, I feel in control of my life and of my | | | | continue living with me as the way things were. |
| emotions. | | | | Over the years my anger problem was becoming |
| I have to admit that I have always had some | | | | seemingly worse. I hate to admit it but my wife |
| form of anger management problem; it is only | | | | was quite scared as to just how bad it would |
| over recent years that I have finally been able to | | | | become. |
| admit this however. In the past I just presumed | | | | I would advise any person who is in a similar |
| that all of us had the same type of issues, how | | | | position to what I have described above to |
| wrong was I? My anger never really came out in | | | | attend anger management classes; they could not |
| the form of violence; it would be more of a vocal | | | | only save your marriage but also your life. I hope |
| attack. I could be quite vicious and nasty at times. | | | | you find them as beneficial as I did. |