I Need Anger Management

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Maya is desperate to find techniques that will help relieve her frequent feelings of anger and anxiety. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for downloading my call of the day podcast. You too can participate in my live radio program
0:06.8	heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM. Triumph 111. Maya, welcome to the program.
0:16.5	Hello, Dr. Laura. Thank you so much for speaking with me. Hello? Hello? I'm listening. I'm listening. I'm listening. Yeah, Dr. Laura. Thank you so much for speaking with me. Hello. I'm listening.
0:23.1	Can you hear me? Yeah, yeah. I'm listening. Go ahead. Yeah. Yeah, my heart is pounding. So, yeah, bear with me.
0:30.5	So I have an issue with anger. So often I'm overcome or plotted with anger in an instant.
0:40.7	So I'm working so hard to suppress it and constantly on edge.
0:44.3	But I was wondering, sometimes I heard your comment to people,
0:47.3	cognitive behavioral therapy or hypnosis,
0:53.5	or I was wondering what would be appropriate in my case. Sometimes I'm even looking for a fight.
0:57.3	That's how I feel. You know, there's a constant fight or flight state. So I feel like so often
1:02.1	I'm in constant fight state. And almost when I'm in a parking lot looking around,
1:08.3	oh, if anybody is going to fight me, going to attack me so I can fight them.
1:13.0	Well, Maya, woo-hoo!
1:14.7	I do that in parking lots too,
1:16.7	and I don't have your problem.
1:18.8	It's just smart to be looking around
1:20.5	because there are bad people.
1:23.6	The problem you have emotionally,
1:26.9	I think, I believe, is that you still don't feel safe in your own skin.
1:38.1	Let me give you an example. Okay.
1:40.2	Or what that means. I think when I was much, much, much, much, much, much younger, I would
1:48.3	respond more likely than now at all with being angry because it's like getting your sword
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