Do you know when you are being irrational?

Well, I have OCD. Thus, I know that sometimes I am irrational. That is just the way it is. However, I think many times when people think I am not being rational, that they are wrong...the truth of it is that we just don't share the same values in that area.

I think at times I am irrational too. My husband would certainly believe so. The situation with his kids has become so extreme, that I respond negatively to anything hubby has to say about them. It has lead me be stressed out, & not to believe anything they or my hubby say about my step children. It has also made me depressed. I think it is all of the above that has made me speak irrationally on the odd occasion.

Hi Ambie, Yes, that happened to me countless of times too. I guess we all tend to be irrational at times. We just kept talking and talking and didn't realize what we are saying. This usually happened when I was having some sort of argument with someone. But after a while, I will relive on what we were arguing, weigh the situation over, and apologize if I know I'm the one who's wrong. =)

yep, and boy is it embarrassing especially when I am on an irrational roll and can not make my self stop....or perhaps I do not want to stop, like you said.

Oh yes ...i know when I'm being irrational and it's almost every time I open my mouth...lol! Since my Mom passed away I've done quite a few things that weren't good for me and I'm regretting them now.

Sometimes I do know when I am being irrational and at other times it doesn't hit until later. I have to sit back and think about the whole thing or discuss it to realize I was being irrational. Other times it is like, I know I am being irrational and it is just my anxiety yet I can't seem to get control of it. I know it, but I can't stop it. I hate that feeling!

Sometimes when I know I am being irrational I feel embarrased but instead of aplogizing I just get worse. I will ususally apologize later on but not at when I should have. I feel bad when this happens but I don't seem to be able to stop in time.

Yes i do but I choose to ignore it. This reminds me of when I argue with my fiance. I am quite often irrational, but too stubborn to admit it. I hate being irrational, but it's something I can't help. I really need to work on swallowing my pride and admitting I'm wrong during arguments.

It's so hard to be self-aware sometimes, especially when we're upset. I try and be rational, but I do worry that I'll overreact sometimes and not realise. I rely on my partner a lot to bounce ideas off of in that respect and vice-versa. Rationality is subjective too though, which makes it more confusing!

Yes......I do know sometimes I can be irrational and I know it and don't care! Sometimes you need to release feelings and being irrational is one of them. I also blow things out of proportion at times....then when I look back I realize how out of whack I was! LOL

Hello AmbiePam. I think that it is normal for us to sometimes lose our temper by being irrational. But once we gain back our being rational, we would find that how wrong we were to have been like that. So I am always trying not to be irrational about things and people. Thanks.

You know, Ambie, i think it is pretty good when you realize you have been irrational. I loose the temper very often but i don't realize it very often. I think i am always right, but it doesn't work like that in life. I am just being stubborn and i realize how irrational i was after few years when no one remeber situation and is too late to apologize.

Sometimes I realized that I was being irrational, but I did not stop being so because I did not know how to manage my emotions at that point. But I do reflect upon it and make corrections. There are also times when one is irrational without consciously knowing, and only realized it when looking back.

I am always like this even over the smallest thing but at the end of the day I pride myself in knowing when to stop and knowing that I am wrong or getting to ahead of myself, and this is the problem alot of people have is they are stuborn and do not know when to give up. I think it is alright to be like this as after all we are all only himan and have are ways but by knowing when to stop ensure that you dont upset to many people and most impotantly helps you learn through your mistakes.

Yes! YES! not so much as I am getting older, but I do remember being that way. I also know that I have been that way in the past ten years at one time or another, usually with the person that loves me the best. I do not think I apologize, either. There are probably times when I am inwardly irrational, so other people do not notice, but I notice. I do not know what this means about me, but I know it happens.

i guess im like that sometimes..but maybe its done due to surge of emotions..the way we received some comments or whatever...anyway that is good ..i mean apologizing and accepting that you are irrational sometimes..

I can usually tell if I am irrational, but that doesn't mean I can stop it. So I regret it later, but you can't take back what you already said!

I think I do that too, when I feel strongly about something, but I can't come up with a valid reason for believing the way I do, I guess it might seem irrational to whoever I'm talking to, and I'm aware of that.

I am a diabetic and when I take too much medication or do not eat enough as I do not feel very hungry I get low blood sugar and sometimes I have realized afterwards that I have said some things that really were not rational and sometimes I was angry and afterwards as my blood sugar rose after treating it I had to apologize and to say I was not being very rational. When we do not get enough glucose to fuel our brains they sometimes do weird things like make us less than rational and cause us to get angry over nothing. But sometimes its not a matterof blood sugar and I know I am not being really rational but the other person is really pushing my buttons and he knows it so I do not care either.