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I always think "Tick, tick, tick..." One of these days they're gonna blow.
I had a roommate, and the most God-awful things would happen to him, and, rather than getting angry, he'd sing and smile! How spooky!!!
Then, one day, taking a shower, I heard this "explosion" in the kitchen. Apparently some straw had broken the camel's back! He had taken a nice spindly rocking chair from the living room, and with all his might, it went crashing to the kitchen floors, spindles flying everywhere, rocking chair completely destroyed! And? He never said a word about it, or what triggered it, and cleaned up the mess, smiling and singing!
About once a year, with this man, some big explosion! I refer to these people as dam-builders!
When I get angry, which is not a daily or weekly thing, I let it out, loudly, but even then I remind myself never to say something to anyone I will have to apologize for.
My anger only comes onto me at home and usually involves dear old hubby.
Boy he knows just how to push my buttons. Makes me start to "perk" just saying that
I have a hard time understanding people who say they don't get angry. I figure they're either lying or they just don't care about anything - as in, no passion.
Passion is very very different than anger.
I am passionate about many people, places and causes.
But I very rarely get angry. Like I said before, anger is a waste of my time.
Ironically, my anger revolves around little things, and I mean things literally, like having a tough time opening up a bag of potato chips, unsuccessfully opening up a jar of jam, dropping a fork or spoon on the floor, going to the bathroom and it's taking too long to finish "the job". Misdirected anger?
I think parental influence cannot be overlooked!
My Dad would get angry over just about anything, everything, and something might go flying against the wall of the garage, and he'd swear a bluestreak!
There's times I could hear his swearing a half-block away, and the neighbors just grew to accept it!
My mother would say, during one of his loud swearing streaks: Listen to that! He's going to hell some day for using God's name in vain, and if you wish to join him in hell some day, go ahead and swear like him!"
Everyone grows angry a times; others live it 24/7.
I usually get angry at drivers on the road or mechanical devices I am using or working on that don't cooperate. I was working on my 28 yo JD mower Mon and was letting go of some choice words. I saw my next door neighbor and apologized to her if it bothered her and remembered she was in the Navy and is married to an ex-Marine. I told her to forget it as she could probably put me to shame. She laughed and asked if I had heard her go off yet.
If I get angry it is very short lived. Cuss a bit, let it go and you feel better. If you want to harbor it you can be a bitter SOB for the rest of your life.
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I refer to these people as dam-builders!
Misdirected anger?
