Do you have a temper ?

[Cdog]

Someone opening their door with total disregard for your property has earned a lesson.

Giving them the proper lesson is difficult for me at times. Funny thing is there’s times I easily deliver the appropriate one. I wish I knew the combination, but I seem as surprised as anyone else with my reaction.

Exhaustion, mental or physical has a hand in it. The more stressed l am, the more tired I am. Many times I talk to myself, knowing better. Then the devil kicks in and here we go.

If and when I do over react I have no problem apologizing. When I’m wrong I’m wrong. Most times others forgive me and even forget about it. I can do the same for them. I have a difficult time forgiving myself. I’m old enough that I should make responsible decisions, not allow the devil to make them for me. The same devil that doesn’t allow me to forgive myself for being human.

 

[moosedog]

Grew up in a dysfunctional home with plenty of violence. When your young, you think its normal, everyone lives like that. Not.
Yes, I've struggled with it all my life. Not anywhere as bad as I was.

 

[crstrode]

Irish, with a low tolerance of stupidity.

As my sister says, I don't suffer fools gladly.

Luckily, I've been able to keep the stupid people at bay. For the most part.

OMG! You must live on a desert island with no radio, TV, telephone or mail service. The knuckledraggers in these parts are everywhere.

I, of course, am perfectly adjusted.
Don't fool with the knobs.

 

[sousana]

As a wee pup I did have a short temper, 20 years in the Navy with 17 serving with the Marines, PLUS, carrying a concealed weapon since the 80's you are forced to maintain reason. An old Gunny, Gunny Scheibal used to tell us " Passion rules Reason", yes?

 

[bigmtnman]

I fought my way through grade school and junior high. I had a zero tolerance bullying policy. When I reached plus 6 feet and 200lbs in High School, the bullies suddenly left me alone I have cured my "bad temper" around the house by cutting myself off from the NEWS ---The sweet bliss of the ignorant is now my "happy place".

 

[SAFireman]

Tony,

We must be kin....I have been down that road....

I got to where I had to learn to let things go. No matter how well you beat someone, who desperately needed it, they never got any smarter (and I just got more tired).

Nowadays, I can hold my fists and my tongue. I do find myself having fast fingers on the keyboard, but am learning to tone that down as well.

I figure if we take all of the warning labels off of everything, eventually, the dummies will weed themselves out. Darwin was right!

Final note - duct tape can fix a lot of things, but unfortunately NOT stupid....it WILL make it quieter however.....

 

[snubbyfan]

I've never really had much of a temper.
Okay, story time.
I was the only non-caucasian in my High School and I'd get bullied. However, after I sent a coupla "bullies" to the emergency room, they kinda left me alone. I kinda got a reputation. If I was talking poop, you're okay but if I got silent watch out.
One fellow, after I was hit from behind by a hit and run driver, saw my right hand and wrist bandaged up, hit me across the jaw and said, "now you can't defend yourself." Well there was a plaster brace wrapped up under those bandages and I backhanded him across the jaw with it.
Off he went to the emergency room with a suspected broken jaw.
Unfortunately, I also got a reputation as a bully. People I was friends with'd say stuff like, "I'm not aftraid of you," to which I'd reply, "you're not supposed to be."
Anyway, I didn't really get angry, just took care of business.
My wife tells me that my facial features make me look "fierce" and I've been told that I'm scary looking.
Teenage males trying to prove themselves by taking on the "scary" guy?
Dunno.

 

[Chuck24]

I don’t have one but sometimes other people force it on me.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

I learned a long time ago, "Don't get mad, get even." I dislike intensely being the butt of somebody else's temper tantrums, hence I strive mightily never to throw one. And people who have temper problems are- to use one of the harshest words in my lexicon-immature.
I recall an incident with George Wallace back in the 1960s.He was being heckled and cursed at in a public meeting, he said:
"Can someone come up here and change this baby's diaper?"

 

[Doug627]

My temper has gone way down since retiring. I didn't like the law firm I was in. You know the story. Always pushing for you to work longer hours and generate big billable hours. My temper would come out in the form of road rage. Even when it was happening, I knew the rage and anger was not about the other driver. It was because I was so unhappy.

 

[vt_shooter]

I hope none of the folks admitting here to temper issues in the past are ever involved in a SD shooting and the prosecutor prints this thread. "Pay attention, ladies and gentleman of the jury, look at the defendant's own words where he admitted to his online gun buddies that in the past he angered easily. We appear to have in front of us a hothead that had a gun ...".

Cheers, and be careful what you put online!!

 

[carpriver]

I have anger issues; the anger come for anxiety, the anxiety comes from not taking care of my self. PTSD was a gift that keeps giving; It's like recovery you have to do the work.

 

[jkallner]

Retirement helps to vanquish the anger. I had a high stress job loaded with challenging people both above me and below. I have no doubt retirement saved my life, sooner or later the cork was going to pop. Now, I look back, laugh and wished I had retired earlier.

 

[NYlakesider]

Like many have already said when younger I had a hell of a temper. That led to a bunch of hands on encounters.

Was bullied when we moved and I changed schools in eight grade. Figured out if I wanted to keep my lunch money I had to fight for it. Graduated school at 5'11'' 215 Lbs. so I learned that lesson well.


As I got older I came under better control and only a couple things realy ticked me off. Now it takes a awful lot to get me going. As I evolved I sort of developed a kind of live and let live mindset. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

 

[PALADIN85020]

I've almost lost my temper plenty of times, mostly because I could not fix someone else's stupid.

The one time I really blew it completely and actually threatened someone was in high school when a guy was bird-dogging my girl friend. I told him if I ever found him messing with her, I'd tear his arm off and beat him to death with the bloody stump. I guess he believed I meant it (I did), because that stopped his behavior cold.

Four years later, she and I became man and wife. This year marks our 60th wedding anniversary. I've always maintained that it's always best that you never stop going after what you really want.

John

From our high school annual:

 

[Euclid]

Anger is a wasted emotion. Never have I had my temper flare up and think “I’m glad I lost my ****”.

 

[GypsmJim]

I used to be mild mannered. Twice in my middle ages I was rear-ended while stopped at a signal. Not my fault.

Now, in my old age, if I'm driving and see a girlie behind me texting on her tweeter while driving and looking down, then you'll see my temper.

So far I have contained it, but I fear that one day my urges will let go and i'll slam on the brakes. Not my fault.

 

[LCC]

Only with bullies.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Yes. But it is buried deep. You have to dot a lot of i's and cross a lot of t's before you see it...........And when you do.....You will wish you hadn't.

 

[riverrat38]

I hope none of the folks admitting here to temper issues in the past are ever involved in a SD shooting and the prosecutor prints this thread. "Pay attention, ladies and gentleman of the jury, look at the defendant's own words where he admitted to his online gun buddies that in the past he angered easily. We appear to have in front of us a hothead that had a gun ...".

Cheers, and be careful what you put online!!

I was looking at this thread a little differently. Like a government agency gathering data for some future, mass, "red flag" give me all your guns action.
Stuff is happening these days that wasn't on our radar screens a decade ago. The future will have an equal number of such "surprises".

Best,
Rick