How do you keep your cool?

I take a deep breath and count to 10. And then try to cool down enough to sort out my thoughts before I blurt out something I might regret later. If counting to ten while holding my breath doesn't help, I clam up and listen and then walk away. Coming back to the issue only when I have a cooler head.

when confronted by this situation i usually take a deep breath and count up to five this will give you time to control yourself and prevent any untowaerd incident that may arise when you react in the fit of an anger... but women easily flare up and confront the whoever that person is... they have a little patience than boys...

Dear friend, I do become hot tempered at times that too very rarely. Actually my work needs lots of patience and also adjusting my surrounding also needs lots of patience. May be to control my self be cool and keep the patience is essential here. May be my school too gave me a strict control of my mind. Hence I am sure that I could keep my patience but my emotions may not make me keep it cool. But I am not hot tempered for silly and unnecessary matters.

If I hear some comment about myself which I don't like, I'll think to myself "Who's the person giving such comment? Is he or she an important person to me?" If that person is of no importance to me, why bother? But if that is someone I know, and somebody close to me, I'll just walk out of that place (e.g. go to the washroom, pour myself a cup of tea/ water etc.) , let myself calm down before I open my mouth. More than often we will regret what we have said when we are angry. So walking out of that place even for just a few minutes will help cool you down. If you are over the phone, perhaps you should make some excuse to hang up. For instance, say you have to go to the toilet or you are engaged on the other line & tell that person you'll call him/her later. Take a deep breath and recompose yourself. Sometimes people don't really mean what they say, it's just that there are some communication problems or they don't know how to say something in a proper or positive way. You'll never know what will happen the next minute or the next hour! So try not to say something that you'll regret later (especially to your friends / family), regardless of how angry or upset you are. Sometimes you might not have the chance to seek for forgiveness and make amends, if something unfortunate happen to any of them. Remember, you tend to look older faster than you should, if you get angry and stressed out all the time! So keep your cool & cheer up!

whoah... I guess it will depend on my mood and the weight of the talk. Either I won't comment anything about it or waste my time with that talk, or I will confront the one involved.

I usually try to calm down, wait a second and try to answer with objective reply. I try and understand a point other one is trying to tell about me, if it's true, I try and accept it. Not easy but why would I stress myself because someone didn't like my way of being?!