does anyone else fly into a rage very easily?

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• karaelaine1991 member

  March 2015 edited March 2015 Answer ✓

  "Fly into a rage" is a bit of an extreme way to describe how I've been feeling... but I have definitely noticed that I am more easily annoyed than I usually am, and I'm pretty easily annoyed to begin with. Last night's irritations were my husband waiting to tell me that I needed to make a dish for a potluck until 2 hours before it started (thank God I had brownie mix on hand!) and learning that he's been using my Bath and Body Works shower gel, which is why it's been disappearing at a much faster rate than it usually does... I was MUCH more annoyed about the shower gel thing than I usually would be. I would have been ticked at him over the potluck thing regardless haha - he is a very forgetful man and I knew that going in, but his absentmindedness really grates on my nerves! 

  
  

  I usually give myself some time to fume - it helps if I'm by myself for this; if DH or whoever it was who set me off is present it just makes me more angry. Then after 10-20 minutes I ask myself if it's something I would usually be upset about. If the answer is yes, then I continue to be mad lol, but if the answer is no (as was the case with the shower gel last night), then I apologize for overreacting and try to distract myself. 

  
  

  ETA not sure if you're a religious/spiritual person, but I am, and I've also found that saying a quick prayer does wonders for bringing me "back down to the mellow world," as you've put it mine is usually either the serenity prayer (God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference) or as simple as "God, I'm going crazy, help!"

  
  

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