Managing Anger: Tips for Keeping Your Temper in Check

[wolram]

Do you have a bad temper or are you all ways meek and mild?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Not meek, but I am usually mild. A few things will get under my skin.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I have a sweet, mild disposition and will kill the first person who says I don't.

 

[Ryan_m_b]

meek and mild?

Those are quite different things, to be accused of the former is almost enough to make me lose my temper

To answer the question I am pretty much always mild. In my experience getting angry to the point that you lose your temper and act aggressively/confrontationally is pretty much never a way to get things done. Sure it temporarily makes you feel good but has it actually solved anything? Generally no. Will it make things worse in future if the problem is ongoing? Probably yes.

 

[phinds]

I have a sweet, mild disposition and will kill the first person who says I don't.

Yeah, me too, except I'm likely to torture them first.

 

[WannabeNewton]

I have a sweet, mild disposition and will kill the first person who says I don't.

You don't.

 

[ZombieFeynman]

I am a "type A" personality and sometimes have a temper. Luckily I have never lost my cool while in a professional capacity. I'm definitely high strung.

Edit: Writing the above and realizing how much of an understatement it is and how much history of high blood pressure and heart disease in my family there is makes me realize I will almost certainly die young of a heart attack.

 

[zoobyshoe]

You don't.

Now, let's see, where did I put my ka-bar?

 

[Enigman]

I am the personification of Ares and will feed cookies to anyone who says otherwise.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I am the personification of Ares and will feed cookies to anyone who says otherwise.

Well, what kind of cookies are you talking about here?

 

[Medicol]

I am gentle until ...

 

[Enigman]

Well, what kind of cookies are you talking about here?

Raisin.

I have a sweet, mild disposition and will kill the first person who says I don't.

So... the second person's safe?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Raisin.

Bleh. You are the personification of Ares.

 

[Enigman]

Do you have a bad temper or are you all ways meek and mild?

Er... well...

 

[StatGuy2000]

I am a "type A" personality and sometimes have a temper. Luckily I have never lost my cool while in a professional capacity. I'm definitely high strung.

Edit: Writing the above and realizing how much of an understatement it is and how much history of high blood pressure and heart disease in my family there is makes me realize I will almost certainly die young of a heart attack.

Perhaps you should try to learn to relax and not get so high strung. Just saying.

 

[jim hardy]

Do you have a bad temper or are you all ways meek and mild?

Who says the two are mutually exclusive?

I'm a closet type A.

 

[phinds]

Perhaps you should try to learn to relax and not get so high strung. Just saying.

That would be like trying to teach a dog not to pee on bushes. Easier said than done.

 

[DennisN]

Do you have a bad temper [...]?

No, not usually. But when I hear something about Tesla, I reach for my railgun.
More Hulk for the people:

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[1MileCrash]

No one is capable of angering me.

 

[Dr Transport]

I can go from ground level to orbit in a matter of seconds, stay up there for a day or two then come back down.

 

[lisab]

I'd describe myself as emotionally stable. I don't veer off either side of the road very often.

But, it does happen sometimes. Usually, it's because something has been eating at me.

Also I can't stand watching cruelty or injustice. It gets under my skin, and then I might do/say something I would later describe as unwise.

 

[WWGD]

Not to be too serious, but it helps if you keep track of where you are emotions-wise and manage it effectively. It took me a pretty long time, but I think I have improved on it. The realization of the effects of emotions on blood chemistry has also helped me try to level off so that I don't have to spend a few days rebalancing myself. It also helps if one takes more of an attitude of doing something in response. Not preaching , I am still working on it, and still some way to go.

I have become a sort of the daily life version of the "Burn Notice" main guy, some people tell me.

 

[WWGD]

I am the one in the flam whose temper just tossed the ham in the frying pan (Cypress Hill). Still trying to figure out that line; I guess I am not really that "street".