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@kiobug (2250)
United States
March 17, 2008 10:03pm CST
when you get mad how do you react? are you enraged? violent? curse uncontrolably? cry? give up? or are you like me and try to rationalize by keeping it in and dealing with it when you are ready? i try not to get all bent out of shape. getting upset doesnt help the situation really.
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@carolbee (16230)
• United States
18 Mar 08
If I am at home and get angry, I generally say a few cuss words and try to move on. Staying mad doesn't prove anything and only keeps me upset. If something happens at work, my face usually turns red and again I try to move on. It's not appropriate to lose it at work, yell or cuss. There aren't very many people or things that can make me mad. Am most often even tempered and try to enjoy life more than be angry or mad.
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@carolbee (16230)
• United States
18 Mar 08
Thanks. I try to keep my blood pressure under control.
@kiobug (2250)
• United States
18 Mar 08
its seems like you have it more together then most people carolbee. haha.
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
18 Mar 08
Depends on the situation. If someone were to call me a nasty name, I'd laugh and blow it off but God help them if they hurt someone that I care about or my animals! It takes nothing to make me mad then and I can be violent. However in other cases such as argueing, that I won't do, I'll walk away but if the person follows me and keeps yapping at me I'll give them a fair warning to back off and let me cool off or else and if they don't think I just might hit 'em because I hate to argue with a passion. Give me a few minutes to think on what they said then I can talk but to yap yap yap at me only makes me resentful and angry.
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
19 Mar 08
I'm so with you on this - and am SO angry!!
Oh my God! I'd be VERY angry too! How DARE her do that to your cat or any other cat for that matter!! He was doing what nature calls for him to do! He doesn't do it to be dirty! Damn her! He does it because there's a female cat around and probably because he's not fixed? How dare her do that to your cat!! Now let me explain something to you about male cats, if you don't mind. Both sexes of cats need to be fixed around 4 to 5 months of age. Male cats have a 50/50 chance of them not spraying however it's best to have them done so your chances are at least half. The longer you wait the higher the chance they'll spray. Now if your cat hasn't been fixed, he still needs to be but it won't stop him from spraying so it might be wise to let him outside from time to time so he can do his spraying outdoors OR your mother may kill him while you're gone somewhere. Now if you put him outside for a long term thing such as permanet, please be sure he has shelter, food and water so he'll be alright. I wouldn't let him out for a few days after that incident because he'll run off but then again, your mom sounds mean enough that she may kill him. I know that sounds awful but only you know what she's capable of. May God bless you both. You and your cat are in one heck of a situation.
@kiobug (2250)
• United States
18 Mar 08
oh dont even get me started. i dont show that im angry unless you know me very well and know im mad when i act completely normal just more quiet (that means im fuming) haha but anyways i came home yesterday and i was already in a bad mood and my cat, greico, had sprayed the wall in the house....we got a new kitten, a girl, its my moms, cat is so freaking annoying. anyways my cat was found at a work site by my dad. hes a construction worker. he was in a box all alone cold and hungry. it took at least two years before he got some what comfortable. hes three now and he still runs like a bat out of a hell if you get up too fast or something. so i get home and my mom is screaming and i come in the house and she shows me the wall and shes frantic...she gets crazy and im telling her to stop because its upsetting me and my cat is not going to come out when you scream let alone the fact that hes probabaly really scared. so finally he runs out into another room and im trying to catch him before my mom does but she gets him and she grabs him by the neck and skull and rubs his tiny face and nose against the hard, sandpaper textured wall. OMFG I ALMOST KILT THAT B*TCH RIGHT THERE. (well i wouldnt really kill her but still.) DONT YOU EVER PUT YOUR F*CKING HANDS ON MY F*CKING CAT EVERY AGAIN. EVER! im still mad about.
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@kiobug (2250)
• United States
19 Mar 08
he actually has been fixed i and gets along pretty well with sophie, the girl cat. i think he might have just been a little scared. hes outside most of the tim ebut sometimes he comes in to sleep, go into the garage, or just be petted. he has a shelter and blankets and food. unfortunately my mom literally threw him outside after she did that so im sure he has run off. i havent seen him since. i dont think shed kill him but i do think she could seriously impair him mentally and physically. when we got him hed run around the floor almost dragging his stomach because he was hunched down so much, just recently, about a year ago he stopped doing that. then he went through a phase where he was biting out patches of his own hair, for attention i think. poor kitty. im taking him with me when i move out. hes a good cat. quiet and never does anything bad.
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@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
18 Mar 08
I am violent and uncontrollable back then, I can't seem to understand yet how to manage my anger. I could easily throw things all-over and thrash whatever it is that my hands could grab at, but things changed as I grew up and thanks to the people who told me how nasty and hurtful I could be when in the bad mood. Most of the times, I only yearn to keep quiet about it. Sometimes, breathe deeply and count one to ten. I do anything just to keep myself cool and patient, but it doesn't mean that I'm a good guy already!
@kiobug (2250)
• United States
18 Mar 08
of course. haha thanks for answering.
@AmbiePam (92711)
• United States
19 Mar 08
It takes a lot to get me really angry. Usually I'll try to keep my mouth shut because I've been known to say a lot more than I really wanted to. I never curse or cry when I'm angry, although the temptation to do both has been there. If I'm really angry my face usually turns white, and I start to shake. Not so much that someone sitting across from me would notice, but so much that I would notice. And if all else fails, on the rare occasion I have yelled my head off. Funny, that usually only happens when I'm with my dad. At least I don't do that with my sister anymore. It's too hard to get angry with her. It's like beating your head up against the wall.
@kiobug (2250)
• United States
19 Mar 08
family members can be very frustrating and annoying. i think we can all agree they make us the angriest the easiest. atleast i think so.
@filmbuff (2909)
• United States
18 Mar 08
I must confess I am a 'blow-up' kind of person. What I mean by that is generally I can choke the anger back, find a center and continue on, calm, cool and collected. However that anger does tend to build up. Something, it could be very little, or very big will end up being the straw that broke the camels back. In which case I may swear, I may brood and I may *want* to break every bone in someone's body. I know it's not healthy, I know it's not good. Thus far, I've been very good at just turning around and walking away until I cool off a few days later. Yes it takes days. I tend to do lots of physical exercise, and tai chi to try and get that balance back...
@kiobug (2250)
• United States
18 Mar 08
do you think guys are more violent angry then girls?
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@filmbuff (2909)
• United States
19 Mar 08
Not really to be honest. I've known some very violent women. My anger issues are not good. I'm not a violent person, it's just that I let it build it until I'm ready to explode. I hope that never happens because I'm dangerous. I'm not saying I'm Mr. Bad, but I'm 5'4" and 140 lbs. I studied martial arts for years and year because my size made me a target. So blowing up on someone is not a good idea. Again, it's never happened.
@kiobug (2250)
• United States
19 Mar 08
haha we are the same size. im five six and one thirty. i want to take mui thai and stuff really bad. but i can understand how that makes it worse when you get angry.
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• Australia
21 Mar 08
I tend to deal with it softly, and as it gets worse, completely lose it! I'm talking about my dealing with my kids here. Having to get nastier (oh scary mum!) at the moment because my oldest has decided she is the boss of the house and wants her toy back even though I have told her no and the reason why.