Do you have a temper?

santino

Do you have a short fuse or can you keep calm?

Me personally, I can keep calm, don't let my emotions get the better of me, but it can come to the surface if I feel I've been really wronged.

PS, it could be a family thing. Father's side are hotheads, mother's side are ice cold.

acuriouscat

Yes I'm a serious hothead. Mainly boyfriends lol
Hence why I'm now single

Ted_YNWA

Nope lost it a long time ago.

DundalkDuffman

What dafuq you saying OP?

snowstorm445

NO, NEVER!!! NONE OF YER FCKING BUSINESS, FCK OFF YOU GOBSHYTE!!!

TheBeardedLady

Long answer: Yes, I do indeed.


Short answer: Yes.

Peregrine

I'm generally calm enough but I still lose it sometimes. Even when I do, I just kick something or raise my voice a little bit, harmless really

mikom

santino wrote: »

Do you have a temper?

Like my jealousy.... Too hot, too greedy

harry Bailey esq

everyone has a temper,its whether you can control it is the real question.

SparkySpitfire

Yep, I'm a bad tempered little bitch.

Forest Demon

I call it my dark passenger.

Miall108

Yeh I do a bit. Broke a brush handle off the wifes back yesterday when she burnt the dinner. It ok though, I bought her a new one today as a surprise

guitarzero

My temper is in direct correlation to time spent with particular individuals, like real Bruce Banner sh*t.

Mourinho

Miall108 wrote: »

Yeh I do a bit. Broke a brush handle off the wifes back yesterday when she burnt the dinner. It ok though, I bought her a new one today as a surprise

Bless, your so romantic

Tombi!

Miall108 wrote: »

Yeh I do a bit. Broke a brush handle off the wifes back yesterday when she burnt the dinner. It ok though, I bought her a new one today as a surprise

A new dinner?
That was nice of you.

SEPT 23 1989

I am the local hot head

Precious flower

I hate my temper because I get really hot headed quite fast but within a minute or two it's dissipates and then I end up feeling bad.:o I was never good at sustained anger!:pac:

cruais

Yes! Have you got a bleedin problem with that?

beks101

Absolutely. Feck all patience. Banks and taxi companies are the main source of ire.
I've definitely made a name for myself in one or two call centres.
"That b1tch again" most likely.

Comic Book Guy

My real name is Bruce Banner.......

HalloweenJack

Do have a temper but can keep it under control. Tend to let off steam a lot more than I used to.

Miall108

Brutal Deluxe wrote: »

A new dinner?
That was nice of you.

No a new brush, it was her favourite so I went and got her one the exact same. She was delighted when I spontaneously surprised her today.

At the same time I hope the dinner is good tomorrow as Id hate to have to go in and buy another one. Pretty costly and all that

fleet_admiral

I have a fierce temper but I am very good at keeping it under control

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

No I'm a spitfire. I blow up but do calm down fairly fast.

mikeym

A few puffs of the sweet Mary Jane and all my troubles go away

TheMilkyPirate

I have zero patience and I can't keep my temper under control at all. In short I'm a bit of a ****.

seamusk84

Passive agressive streak. It is not nice when it comes out.

Cold War Kid

No, I give out and make sneery comments when annoyed but don't have pressure-cooker-going-off moments.

tomwaterford

Precious flower wrote: »

I hate my temper because I get really hot headed quite fast but within a minute or two it's dissipates and then I end up feeling bad.:o I was never good at sustained anger!:pac:

I'm the opposite....usually quiet cool/calm..slow to anger....but when I do blow it all comes out...could take hours to calm down and God help anyone who annoys me deliberately then.....

A lad in work said before I was putting something back together and he came down and said it was pure temper put it back and could see the steam coming off me....:O

(Obv when I calmed down)

osarusan

I bundle it all up, then go for a walk by myself and fantasise about saying all the stuff I haven't the balls to say to them, acting out conversations and crucifying them with my cutting criticisms, leaving them shamed and speechless.

It's great.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Nope. I'm a cold, cruel, calculated mo'fo. I'll never forgive ya if you get on the wrong side of me.

Penny Tration

No.

I don't really get angry.

I get sad, though. In situations where I should be angry, I just feel sad and become very quiet and withdrawn.

RayM

No, I'm extremely passive. I can't be arsed losing my temper. It's a waste of energy.

Wacker The Attacker

i prefer ****

santino

beks101 wrote: »

Absolutely. Feck all patience. Banks and taxi companies are the main source of ire.

Agree.
What prompted this was: I was in the bank last week and got bounced around 3 different people/queues for 45 mins for what I thought was a simple query. Still didn't get sorted by the time I left. How I didn't f#ck someone out of it I'll never know.

Then today, got a quote for some repairs to the car. Thought I was being screwed and let the guy know it in the nicest possible way.

I often take the view that there's no point taking it out on people as it might ruin their days, but nowadays, I feel people don't care about the way they treat people (lack of standards/manners) so feeling it's more justified to let people know about it.

Aongus Von Bismarck

No, not really. I do have a tendency to be slightly short with people if I'm under pressure, but I wouldn't call it a temper, more a frustration at their stroppy and unhelpful nature.

I do have a finally tuned radar for being able to detect when people are about to lose their temper. This is almost overwhelmingly a valuable trait to possess. I'll admit to occasionally using it to my advantage.

One eyed Jack

I don't lose my temper, I get frustrated, I have an unusually high tolerance for other people, so I don't "do" passive aggressive.

In fact, I don't do passive at all, I'll be straight up with someone if they do or say something that pisses me off.

Once I've said my piece though, I don't hold a grudge, I clear the air with the person and we move on. Bitterness never did anyone any good.

RayM

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

No, not really. I do have a tendency to be slightly short with people if I'm under pressure, but I wouldn't call it a temper, more a frustration at their stroppy and unhelpful nature.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NUoiW-0wBc

whupdedo

Miall108 wrote: »

Yeh I do a bit. Broke a brush handle off the wifes back yesterday when she burnt the dinner. It ok though, I bought her a new one today as a surprise

Lol domestic violence is fun

eternal

I'm pretty quiet and internalise things. I seem to attract a lot of angry people though.

catallus

Maybe you just make people angry?

eternal

catallus wrote: »

Maybe you just make people angry?

I don't want to make people angry. I hope I don't make people angry.

catallus

eternal wrote: »

I don't want to make people angry. I hope I don't make people angry.

The how do you explain all the angry people, Eternal? Answer me that!

anncoates

Sometimes. Never losing the plot level obviously but more being a bit irritable with people that get on my nerves. Usually relatively harmless and blows over pretty quickly though.

People that get sanctimonious about other people occasionally losing their temper are a bit insufferable to be honest

Nim

Nim wrote: »

I'm generally calm enough but I still lose it sometimes. Even when I do, I just kick something or raise my voice a little bit, harmless really

Sames, nobody even seems to notice when I'm p!ssed off because all I'll ever do is raise my voice a little. If I've really lost self control, I'll probably throw in an eye roll for good measure.

I'm conscious of a passive-aggressive streak, I try keep it in check as it's not a nice part of my character in any way.

I've only lost it a few times in my whole life though, generally I'm very easygoing.

KatW4

I have a terrible temper. I can be happy one minute and the female Hulk the next minute. I hate it.

Crumpets

Nah I'm fairly chilled. Probably a bit too chilled though. Nothing seems to set me off these days. Anger requires energy and all that so y'know...meh

Aongus Von Bismarck

Irrational anger isn't something I experience, but I've successful used deep breathing and mindfulness techniques to step back from other difficult emotions. You can then choose to ignore the emotion or to study it with loving kindness.

I'd recommend these mindfulness techniques to those prone to taking things too seriously; or those folk who 'fly off the handle'.

NotYourYear20

santino wrote: »

Do you have a short fuse or can you keep calm?

I have a pretty long fuse so I have no problem in keeping calm.

SparkySpitfire

I actually cry when I get really angry with someone, it's really an unfortunate response when I'm trying to get them to take me seriously. Thankfully it doesn't happen very often.

scrimshanker

No, not at all when it comes to other people.

I've only ever lost my temper twice. The first time I'd lost a uniform tie (teenager) and I went into a massive rage over it. The second time I don't remember.



If people annoy me I either walk away thinking "prick" or blame myself, then beat myself up about it. All very healthy :rolleyes: