Are you short-tempered?

yes, i am a short-tempered person but now i am starting to control it. actually when someone rebukes without any condition or someone treats me as a lier or cheater or if someone repeats anything infront of me thrice or more then it then i lose my mental stability and it leads me to become angry. i often threw anything near to me on that situation but now as my job says i have to control this odd habit. lol

I believe some of it is genetics. There are some things in my family we all seem to be able to do, and there were occasions that we will say so and so used to do that too. And another part is how we are, what experience made us being us. There are times when my daughter seems upset that I am polite and she believes I am letting people walk over me, it is part of who she is. I believe there is no treatment for being temperamental, life just teaches us ways to deal with things where we can live in peace with each other.

I am actually pretty laid back...not much gets to me. That is not to say that I don't have a temper...I do. Some people have known me my entire life and never seen it ...it's there. Now I do have a daughter that will fly off the handle over the slightest thing. She has mellowed some as she has gotten older. She is 22. Still she is pretty easily ignited. Her father was like that as well. I am thinking it might be genetic. I left him when she was only 4 and he had minimal influence on her. I have 4 kids and she is the only one that is like that. She is like you in that later, she is always very sorry for her behavior. It is really difficult. She has put holes in my walls and all sorts of things. She has been tested and never diagnosed with anything.

I don't think I am, as I am not actually reply back or even become angry if people do something bad to me. But my mom told me that I am short temper, maybe because the way I look if I have something I disagree with. Or maybe because I only lose temper with my parents, but they really patient about it. It hard to ignore, but I try to be strong and patient, because I do not want to cause any trouble with anyone if I lose my temper easily. A lot of things at stake.

Hello Divkris. I am much more patient as I have gotten older and worked to defuse my temper. I think it is a learned behavior or in response to perhaps our own lack of emotional control. There are courses and many self-help books and articles on how to get control of one's temper. Exercise helps, as does trying to see things from another's point of view. Practicing something that relaxes you or writing your angry feelings down on paper in a journal also helps you not take temper out on others. Best wishes... Karen

yes, i'm the short tempered person especially something went wrong or i didn't achieve my target in the office, however this short tempered actually make me more freshy to face the next responsibilities.

It actually depends. There are times when I have zero tolerance over perfection, while there are times when regardless what people do, I'm apathetic to it. Yeah, there you go, it depends on the situation. If I got a lot on my mind, or there are stressors in my life, then I'd snap quickly. But if I'm level-headed and things are okay, I could tolerate things. However, I don't think one person could have the same moods every time. I guess this is what makes a person unique - his/her moods. If everyone was built to be the same, we would be too predictable thus have boring lives. hehehe.. Oh, by the way, this comes true with age as well. As we grow older, it seems our tolerance for mistakes goes down rapidly. That's why there are those whom we call 'grumpy old men' or 'grumpy old maid' hehehe.. Good luck! have a great day ahead!

i'm not short tempered, but when someone gets very irritating i get mean sarcastic... it runs in my family actually... don't know if we learn it from each other or what, but my dads side of the family are all like that. I can say something that is funny and very hurtful at the same time and say it in such a way that some people don't even understand what just happened... I usually go for very personal things that i know that person is very touchy about... it's terrible, but if they are that irritating then it's just too bad for them...

I am short-tempered as well. I myself could not understand why I react to things like that. I have often conditioned myself not to instantly react on things. I noticed that whenever I react right away, it does not come out good. What I do is to count 1 to 10 before I react. In that way I could still think what would happen if I react negatively.

I am not I would say.I feel that I have enough patience and calm mind to deal with situations better than many others.

I am short-tempered. I've hurt a lot of people because of my temper. But once I was able to accept my weakness, I tried to control it and sought for assistance from guidance counselors, psychologist friends and did my own research. I am not saying that I am successful in controlling my temper but I am trying although it's very difficult. One of the things I do is to keep quiet and walk away from the situation and calm myself then come back to confront the situation when I'm calm. It works when I don't forget to walk away.

I am not sure I have dealt with my temper or anger most of my life. I am not not as bad as when I was younger. I think it something you either learn to deal with or figure out ways to vent without taking it out on others and most of all learning to live with it .

I have a fairly short fuse when it comes to all kinds of different situations. I can honestly say that I do wish that my anger wouldn't "flash" so fast. I know what my problem is. I tend to let things build to long before I say anything. The reason I let it build for so long is because I feel that if I constantly voice my feelings it turns into nagging or goes unheard. Either way, for me it's kind of a no win situation...

I think I'm not a short tempered person... but I'm a little bit of perfectionist... But sometimes when a person do some things that against my, I easily get angry and that time I become a short-tempered... But somehow I try to stop my tempered by listening of music, because it feels warmth inside of me...

Nope I am not short-tempered at all. I am very slow to get mad..and my fuse is short so I don't stay mad very long..I do have alot of family members who is short-tempered. Stress and not being able to live your life the way you want and having people expect you to jump at a moments notice can be stressful and cause a person to be short-tempered. Having people controlling a person is no fun. As I said it takes alot to get me to go off..but once I do, I fire my mouth at will till it fizzles out..which can be from 1 minute to 5 then I am calm again..So maybe I a mixture of both..lol ..I get mad when people plan my life for me and tell me how things are going to go and how I just have to do to help them, because they are only thinking of themselves and their wants and not asking beforehand before they make their plans. I usually hold alot of anger in side and don't say nothing until they do it more then 2-3. I feel that most the time they never do anything in return when I need help. I like finding out a few days ahead of time that I am volunteered to do something, not dropping the bomb on my head and only giving me less then 5 minutes notice.

I was…though not completely cured of this ailment, I am a lot better now and all thanks to some wonderful advise from friends here at mylot. I believe being short tempered is another manifestation of immaturity and insecurity…while it was OK in my interaction with others, it was really becoming too strenuous with my son. I was losing my temper over everything and shouting at him and of course like any other young child, after sometime he started answering back and the situation was becoming very serious. I have had many discussions on how to control my anger and manage it well and have tried out many of the suggestions from this site…while I have not been able to completely change my old habits, I must say that I have started feeling a lot more better and in control of situations.

I am not a short tempered person and i have a good patience. I wont become short tempered or irritated that easily and i never loose my cool. If some one had done something bad to me, surely i'll take revenge on them and that is the attitude for most of the human. But i take it in a different way and never I had been short tempered so far.

Short temper is the result of irritation. When poeple start irritating you blow the roof off and that is short temper. People are of different nature some have a high tolerance level while some have it less. This not only acquired by genes there are certain ailments which make the person irritable. People suffering from thyroid get annoyed at anything and everthing due to the imbalance of their adrenalin levels. So not all short tempered people are really short tempered. After a hectic day's work when people call you names i yell. If you call it short tempered then I am short tempered.

I don't know why but I'll snap back if it’s my close friends or my family member who live in the same house but it's only if they offend me first.. but I don't think I'm short tempered.. everytime I wanna shout, I'll cry.. that's strange and I don't like it but it's what happened everytime. That's silly but my tears just coming out and I can't speak a words. So now I try not to get too emotional (I don't wanna cry everytime I angry) and prefer to leave that person or ignore them.. maybe you should try to count until 20 seconds before speak any words when you feel angry or if you can't handle it, better leave that person. It will make them understand that you don't like them and you don't hurt their feelings. Maybe because of genes or childhood situation, or too much eat salty food..

yes i am short tempered.....but my anger remains only for 2-3 min...when i get short tempered ...then i go out so tat ...i wud nt have conversation with the concerned person and for spirituality..i have to disappear my anger...