I have dealt with severe, debilitating depression in my past. During this time I would cut myself to make the emotional pain go away for a while. I have tried to stop engaging in this activity, and I have been pretty successful with it for a year now, with a few exceptions of relapse (mostly here lately). I have always been the person that is rarely ever seriously angry about something or someone, but my father knows how to hit that button just right, and now I have gotten to the point where anytime he is around me I feel irritated and anytime he argues with me I automatically become livid and after he leaves I get the urge to hit myself, break things.. anything that involves force and hurting something. I have never actually hurt anyone else, but I’ve always thought about what it would be like to get in a fight with them or leave a mark on them. How can I relieve this urge without injuring anyone else? I just don’t know how to fix this problem…
