Posted by javableue on May 27, 2006, at 19:45:05
In reply to Do you get angry easily?, posted by Deneb on May 27, 2006, at 1:31:17
I'm tempted to say that I don't tend to get angry easily, but I think it is really a case of the anger being turned inward so quickly that I don't recognise it as such. I never had anything resembling a healthy model for dealing with anger (my mom bottled it up and then lashed out with no consideration of how she hurt others, my dad was just constantly throwing a tantrum and threatening people), so I never quite know what to do.
It frightens me, though. When I do get angry, I get ANGRY. I've never done anything physically, but I have said some pretty ugly things to people and - perhaps worse - meant them. It definitely isn't a problem in my everyday life, but I do need to learn how to better manage it.
Traffic doesn't bother me much, either... I am a calm driver; I have to be or I couldn't drive safely. On the other hand, I can be a pretty grumpy pedestrian... (though that probably falls more into the category of irritation).
jb
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