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Posted by Cass on September 29, 2004, at 0:44:30
I'm having trouble dealing with frustration.
In the past I supressed it a great deal and shoved it down into my consciousness, but my self-esteem is better than it used to be, and I'm a lot less depressed, so I find I can't just shove it down anymore. I know it's healthy that I don't want to supress it, but I need to express it in socially acceptable ways, and I'm not very experienced in that.
I'm a vegetarian, and I get really frustrated that the area I live in is so meat oriented. There are very few restaurants where I can order fresh vegetarian food. I resent it. I like to eat out. I can't move right now, and besides this area is nice in other ways, but I feel alienated.
I'm also frustrated because I can't communicate as well as I used to. I have a medical problem that interferes with blood flow to the brain, and this could be the reason, but I'm not sure. Sometimes I just find myself overwhelmed with frustration that I cannot articulate what I want to say.
I also get frustrated with technological and mechanical problems. I am not gifted in those areas. Sometimes I get tempermental when I can't master some technical or mechanical task. I get so undone by it.
So how do others here deal with frustration?
Posted by saw on September 29, 2004, at 2:00:06
In reply to Dealing with frustration, posted by Cass on September 29, 2004, at 0:44:30
I can't offer any constructive advice as I suffer from frustration issues aswell. I am easily frustrated by simplest things and have a zero tolerance level. And I get full marks for impatience. I fully understand about being temperamental with not mastering technical things. I work in a very technical field but on the admin side and much of what I do would make so much more sense if I could just grasp the technical side. I just don't get it though. Makes me feel stupid.
So, I too, look forward to how others deal with their frustration.
Oh yes, though I eat meat, I think every single restaurant should offer a vegetarian menu. To me that is utterly logical!
Sabrina
Posted by Susan47 on September 29, 2004, at 20:53:57
In reply to Dealing with frustration, posted by Cass on September 29, 2004, at 0:44:30
Cass,
You say your self-esteem is better than it used to be, and that sounds pretty healthy all right. I went through something like this too. What really helps me is also hard to do when I'm depressed, so it's a thing that goes up and down, like me. Frustration + Susan = Disaster (think trainwreck, all one word justlikethat).
PS Dr. Bob - I have to post this now even though my thought isn't finished, because if I make this too long, I might hit "Submit your post" and if there's a glitch in the system, it won't post and I'll have to cut and paste into a new one. At least that's been my way of dealing with it.
Posted by Susan47 on September 29, 2004, at 20:56:09
In reply to Dealing with frustration, posted by Cass on September 29, 2004, at 0:44:30
Oh, Cass, the thing that helps and is hardest to do I'll bet lots of people recognize, it's being active with other people, I mean, not sexually but socially and also it's going to school, keeping my mind busy with stuff that's really involving for it (my mind, I have one :) .. maybe I have an issue around that ...)
Posted by Cass on September 30, 2004, at 1:06:40
In reply to Re: Dealing with frustration, posted by Susan47 on September 29, 2004, at 20:53:57
Sabrina and Susan,
I really appreciate your support. It's good to know I'm not the only one dealing with frustration. Like I said, I just feel so undone by it sometimes. I feel embarrassed by the temper tantrums I pull when I'm challenged by a mechanical or technical problem I can't understand. I'm not stupid, but I sure feel that way at times.
It's funny I don't think I've ever really known how to deal with frustration. It's just something I need to learn. Most of the time, I'm not out of control when I'm frustrated, but nonetheless, I just don't have many skills on how to deal with it. I don't know what to do with it.
Sabrina, thanks for you babble mail. Speaking of technical frustration I was having some of it setting up my babble mail. I think I've mastered it now.
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