have you EXAMINED yourself LATELY? what have you found?

I hope that you learn how to control your temper. What triggers you to be angry? Are you having a lot of stress? Perhaps financial stress? Perhaps too much housework? Do you have help to accomplish your daily tasks? Can you have some kind of short holiday so that your mind relaxes and wonders off from daily stress? Can you tackle what is triggering you off?

Hi, yes i examine myself now and then. As you said people around us like our parents has a lot to do with how we behave. Even though our behavior is influenced by so many external factors, the good news is we ourselves can influence and mold our own behavior in a positive way. This only takes knowing how our mind works and applying few principles to produce positive results. Our mind works in mental pictures and it has also verbal portion. So we can simply picture ourselves behaving in a certain way that we like in combination with positive affirmations and influence our own subconscious mind. If we are persistent enough in applying these principles, there is no a single behavior we can not change including temper. I hope the session you are taking will also help. Good luck.

Hi, alexysabelle! I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum - self-critical and, therefore, easily hurt. I blame myself for others' misdeeds, rather than the doer. Self-examination is a constant thing, and I've come a long way in beating the depression and learning that it's not my fault that others are jerks. I've gone from chronically depressed to chronically happy! We can, indeed, control and change our attitudes if we are self-reflective and act upon what we discover about ourselves.

Hello, it's a good thing that you actually take your time to cross examine everything in your life about yourself, I do the same a lot, and I can see that many people are not like that - some people just don't take time to realize and see what's wrong with them and do something about it. We're all human beings full of mistakes and short comings but the point is, when improvement is sought for, that's something to be appreciated and admired about a person. Anyway I used to be hot-headed myself. So I tried to pinpoint and figure out what's wrong with me and what causes it. I read a lot of books (I mean a host of it) and I don't really remember how the process went anymore, but slowly in time, things got changed for the better. I think I remember avoiding all the things that only make me angry. But now they don't affect me anymore. Of course I still get mad from time to time but the way I did as before.

I am irritable and hot headed at home because I can feel the pressure all on me. At work I could be a very jolly person. I think the place that you go to gives you the mood and how people treat you. Just be patient and try to control it am so controlling myself. hekehk