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Originally Posted by Pushpa
Let's say it's a teen who's generally a good kid, well behaved, hardworking, gets good grades, but has had, since they were born, a raging volcano of a temper; as in, when they get mad it's like the full moon just came out and something turned into a hairy four-legged flesh-eating beast and it's like they don't know what they are doing or saying anymore. This person also does not like to be corrected IN ANYTHING, taking any attempt at guidance or teaching as a very personal criticism. To the extent that it is getting really wearing trying to find ways of telling them or showing them how to do things without igniting their very short fuse.
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give him a copy of al-fathu rabbani by shaykh abdul qadir jilani. and imam ghazali (RA)'s revival of the religious sciences. try to change their diet. restrict sugar intake, minimize meat intake, try to take out red meat entirely, and cut off caffeine completely.
they might also do well in a madressa environment, from the description you gave.
if all else fails, violence is always an option!