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Anger Management book advice please

Profsparks

Hi all.

A couple of weeks ago I was diagnosed with ASD, I'm 51 in April.

It explains almost everything, yet changes almost nothing.

I divorced my wife of thirteen years last July, and am finding it hard to deal with my residual anger toward her. I see my kids occasionally, but as they remain a link to her, I'm afraid they will get the brunt of my feelings.

Can anyone recommend a book on how to think round my issues please?

There seems to be a wide range of literature available to choose from, but too much choice is too much.

Thanks in advance

Steve

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  • Thank you clovis, thank you thank you thank you.

    Your post has resonated deeper and meant more to me than two years of therapy.

    I couldn't understand why this had happened to me, I'm not a bad person and I was doing my best to do the right thing.

    One of the turning points along the way happened just over a year ago. I grabbed my 9 year old son by the throat because he wasn't listening to me. It came after a long period of shattering events that I was having difficulty dealing with. There was no injury and no harm to him.

    The Police and Social Services became involved, and to a lesser extent still are. I wasn't allowed unsupervised access to my kids for nearly two weeks.

    I don't want to be in that frame of mind again, and need help getting from the anger where I am now, to being a good dad to them all.

    I understand it will change in the long term, but in the immediate future I have difficulty controling where my head goes.

    I know my anger is self-destructive and only hurts me, but that doesn't stop it coming.

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  • Thank you clovis, thank you thank you thank you.

    Your post has resonated deeper and meant more to me than two years of therapy.

    I couldn't understand why this had happened to me, I'm not a bad person and I was doing my best to do the right thing.

    One of the turning points along the way happened just over a year ago. I grabbed my 9 year old son by the throat because he wasn't listening to me. It came after a long period of shattering events that I was having difficulty dealing with. There was no injury and no harm to him.

    The Police and Social Services became involved, and to a lesser extent still are. I wasn't allowed unsupervised access to my kids for nearly two weeks.

    I don't want to be in that frame of mind again, and need help getting from the anger where I am now, to being a good dad to them all.

    I understand it will change in the long term, but in the immediate future I have difficulty controling where my head goes.

    I know my anger is self-destructive and only hurts me, but that doesn't stop it coming.

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