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I've been having some problems lately. I am strong and active in the church, but recently, mainly starting yesterday, I have a tone of... almost unbridled rage and furry that I don't know how to get rid of, there have been a ton of things that just seem to keep building up... I don't know what to do or anything... Any suggestions???

LOL Furry, fury... however it is said.

I pray and have been praying all of the time as well... -sighs- I don't know... I do appreciate you taking time to read and reply though.

Is there a cause to this feeling that you can think of? As for a general purpose answer meditation has done wonders for me in any sort of stressful situation. and you can start out small like just do it for 5minutes then double the next time and just double your time after that and you can work it into your schedule easy. If I can get ahold of my book of mormon teacher to sent me his presentations about meditation this where I learned it in college. Also there is soothing music or just plain chill music if your interested I can give you a list of music you can check out on youtube

I've had similar problems recently and I know the cause for me was being married to someone who just didn't care what I felt. (I've been divorced from that person for several months now and I no longer have anger issues.) It helped to talk to a friend. For me, that wasn't my bishop, who I didn't feel I could be completely honest with. That person was my mentor in the church, a man at least ten years older than me, and with at least that much more experience in being married than me. It helped because he affirmed my issues were common, he listened to me talk about what upset me and offered scriptural suggestions on why this might be happening to me and what I could do about it. I strongly urge to go to anyone you know of, that's like a friend to you, and vent these feelings. It helped me to talk about them while walking, because I was already doing something to alleviate the tension. Tension is also something that can add to the burden of anger. Finally, I urge you strongly to tell the Lord all these things you're feeling. Even if you've gone to him with these issues in the past. The way to do this is to set aside some spare time you have and kneel before the Lord and open your heart to him. I bear my witness to you that if you will do this, He will take your burdens from you, you will carry them no more. He is always there to listen, and He wants to help, but thanks to His rules, He can't let Himself do that unless you ask Him to. I know it sounds hard, it was hard for me too, but I testify that God understands these feelings and if nothing else, you will be granted comfort and relief from this display of your faith. The scriptures can only lead you so much, that is why prayer is also a needed part of this process. Remember that anger and frustration is natural, it happens to everyone, and we all learn how to deal with it. I pray that comfort will layer you like a blanket and that your burden of frustration will be lifted from you. I love you, and so does our Lord. I leave that with you in His son's name, the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

I'll be checking this thread often, so if you reply, I'll see it. And if you need someone to vent to, I promise I'm just a PM away, and I will listen and only listen if that's all you want me to do. I want to help in whatever way I can. Do let me know if there's anything I can do for you.

Oh, rest assured, no offense taken. I completely understand your reasons. I've been there, too. I'm glad you'll keep me in mind, though. smile


May I ask a somewhat personal question?

..... well it looks like everyone else gave you some good advice and some of what you needed. ^^; My suggestions I guess aren't gonna be much more than ideas for the future.
One thing you need to remember is to take some time out for yourself once in a while. Sometimes you just need a break from people and doing something on your own helps.
Another is to take less of what people do and say personally. I've had plenty of reasons and times to give me reasons to hate people. Now that i'm apathetic (sad yes but I don't feel as mad anymore) I can move on. And moving the ideas outside yourself and taking a look at it from another angle helps a lot.

Just a few ideas. Don't know if they can apply to your situation but in general thats what people can do.

I have a very similar issue, because simply put I am a fighter and i like to hit people, throw people, and lock them in complicated submissions. biggrin

So I found the article. Hope it helps, it helped me.

http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=30a52f9318fcd110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD