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re: How do you effectively control your temper when you find yourself getting angry?

Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:29 am to
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119238 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:29 am to
A silent deep breath before I say the first word
Posted by Deadeyedick
Member since Apr 2015
685 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:54 am to
I try to remind myself to control my controllable’s, getting angry about things that are out of my control doesnt make the situation better, easier or make me right by being angry. Ask yourself who does it serve to be angry.
Posted by Gifman
by the mountains
Member since Jan 2021
9362 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 5:19 am to
I’ve got a real problem with assholes on the road. Why are so many drivers willing to die or kill someone else just to get somewhere 5 min faster?

What gives me solace is that I’ll never see that person again.
This post was edited on 2/20/24 at 5:24 am
Posted by grizzlylongcut
Member since Sep 2021
9483 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 5:44 am to
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Serenity now


Insanity later
Posted by rd280z
Richmond
Member since Jan 2007
2311 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 5:45 am to
I think of the negative repercussions if I act out in anger.
Posted by grizzlylongcut
Member since Sep 2021
9483 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 5:48 am to
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Put on some Kagney Linn Karter porn and relax baw


Apparently, she committed suicide last week.
Posted by turnpiketiger
Southeast Texas
Member since May 2020
9466 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 5:49 am to
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Prime example for me is when driving - I say things outloud that moments later I am ashamed to have said.


Most people never yell out racial slurs except when they are driving. Especially driving alone. You’ll probably get some wild shite if people were mic’d up
Posted by themunch
Earth. maybe
Member since Jan 2007
64671 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 5:58 am to
I throw shite
Posted by Hobie101
Member since May 2012
473 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 5:59 am to
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Disagree. Honking at the MFer that has been sitting at the green light and hasn't released their brake for 3-4-5 seconds is helping society.

A lot of people get angry, because they people around them have no consideration for how their actions, or inactions, impact the thousands of people a day they are somehow around. They just don't care. Hence, rage.



You can do this without getting angry. You are saying that your mood is completely dependent on other people. That’s no way to live.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 6:00 am to
Remind myself that being angry is a choice
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Posted by WylieTiger
Member since Nov 2006
12961 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 6:08 am to
Walk around the neighborhood.
Posted by Dadren
Jawja
Member since Dec 2023
938 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 6:29 am to
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Do I think about it ten seconds after it happens, no, not once I pass their dumb, passive m#$*$ assses.


I mean….you still seem kind of upset about the last time it happened.
Posted by jbgleason
Bailed out of BTR to God's Country
Member since Mar 2012
18913 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 6:39 am to
I think a lot of people in this thread are mixing up "anger" and "losing their temper." Two different things IMO. I am 100% OK with being angry at the stupid worthless MF'ers that go through their lives not giving a single shite about how their dumbass actions effect everyone around them. Them being inconsiderate asses pisses me off. That's OK.

What is not OK is losing my temper over it. I used to lose my shite and I wasn't shy about confronting people and telling them what dumbasses they were being. Then I heard a speech by a guy I respect who said "losing your temper isn't a comment on the subject of your anger. It's a comment on your inability to control your rage. It's a YOU problem." I believe that. So now, when some 60 IQ dipshit brings me fries instead of onion rings and puts lemon in my ice water when I told them not to, I take a breath and tell them to try again "please."

But I hold onto that anger inside because caffeine and hate keeps me going day in and day out.
Posted by Sidicous
Middle of Nowhere
Member since Aug 2015
17188 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 7:18 am to
I don’t get angry, I get even. If it’s not worth the effort to get even then I just let it go. If you can’t get that far then seek professional anger management.

Life is too short to waste on useless energy expenses like silly anger. Ask yourself “what has being angry ever achieved?”
Posted by Nole Man
Somewhere In Tennessee!
Member since May 2011
7191 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 7:41 am to
Hit things. People.



Seriously, if you're into it, consider taking something like a cardio kickboxing class or a Title Gym boxing class and hit the heavy bags. Or, if you're up for it, some self defense or martial art where you spar. Don't worry, it's usually in a controlled environment where you're learning technique and people are controlling their strikes for the most part. I've been doing Krav Maga for example for 9 years and love it. After you finish that kind of class you have a health respect for what others might be able to do to you and you learn to control your temper in the "real world" real quick 'cause you never know what others might be trained to do.d
Posted by bbarras85
Member since Jul 2021
1984 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 7:58 am to
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I say things outloud that moments later I am ashamed to have said.


This is the first issue. Embrace it, let the hate flow.
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
15767 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 8:01 am to
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I don’t get angry, I get even. If it’s not worth the effort to get even then I just let it go. If you can’t get that far then seek professional anger management. Life is too short to waste on useless energy expenses like silly anger. Ask yourself “what has being angry ever achieved?”


What does “getting even” ever achieve? Seems like a silly waste of energy.
Posted by UtahCajun
Member since Jul 2021
492 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 8:04 am to
Mark Manson's "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a frick"

Read it. It is life changing.
Posted by In The Know
City of St George, La
Member since Jan 2005
5252 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 8:11 am to
LL gets it.
Posted by zsav77
Member since Oct 2011
6063 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 8:18 am to
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Serenity now


Hoochie mama!
This post was edited on 2/20/24 at 8:20 am
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