Acting out when frustrated

I struggle to articulate my feelings about something (to my parents usually) so I usually end up doing something else to make a point.

It's the sort of thing that would be understandable for a child but less so for a bloke in his late 20s. Even though there's a million and one reasons why it's easier for me to act out than speak.

The main one is the cultural barrier (I grew up here, they did not) and everything else is a direct response to that.

I've starved myself, hit myself in the face etc just to make the point.

I wanted to know if anyone else is/was prone to doing this and if anything helped things change.