Temper analysis..... You and your temper!!

Temper!! - Bad temper!!
@cloud31 (5809)
May 24, 2010 10:19pm CST
How good you are in controlling your temper? Have you ever lose control of your temper and cause you more troubles? Do you sometimes hard to manage temper and that hurts people around you, even sometimes love ones and friends? And realized what have you done and said after you calm down. DO you lose all sense of time and space when you raise your temper badly and even you totally out of control yourself at the moment you can't take control of your emotions? In what situation/thing you usually lose your temper? Myself have a good control of my temper especially dealing with people in virtual world, I can say even online situations.I can close my eyes to hold my temper and even sing a song just to control my outburst reactions and emotions. Sometimes I'm upset of things I can say I can just walk away and take a deep breath to hold my temper. I came up to with this topic in what was just a situation here in my office "with a both client and argue in a very simple matter.And that makes me think that in some situations "a person could his/her lose temper" without a good cause. Some people say its not really advisable to get hold of your temper as it might not be good for health too.But do you think controlling it will be more appropriate than make yourself in trouble and even to somebody? There are lots of ways to take control of our temper.I'm encouraging every one to contribute their ways how to control temper and anger. How about you my fellow mylotters do you able to get hold of your temper? What do you think about your temper?Do you manage it well or usually lose it because its hard for you to control it. Thanks you and Have a nice day to all!
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@RachelleNH (1396)
• United States
25 May 10
I think it's more unhealthy to lose your temper than to hold it in..like for example-you could have a heart attack or whatnot getting that upset It takes a lot to get me really mad..I'm patient by nature-I think it's an inherited trait -my mom is that way. I have only blown up bad once-and it was a long time ago-and I was pushed for months before I did it.
• Mexico
25 May 10
Hi Rachelle: In my case I think it's not inherited. My father has a bad temperement and he explodes so easily, well, my mom is very patient. Maybe there's something about it, I don't know. But I agree with you, we can hurt ourselves, commit mistakes, hurt people, etc when we can't control ourselves. Thanks for your answer. Have a nice day. ALVARO.
@hofferp (4734)
• United States
25 May 10
I've never been one to lose my temper...didn't when I was young; don't now that I'm older. Now, I'm not saying I don't get mad, but even then, I pretty much have it under control. You don't want me mad at you. I take a lot, but when I get really mad, I ignore you, and boy, does that bother people. I can do that for days, weeks, years... I also have a look that can "kill"...learned that one from my Dad. In fact, I learned controlling my temper from my Dad.
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• United States
25 May 10
I am that same way...it takes a lot to get me that mad but when I do finally blow it's always really bad-I unleash it all at once
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
25 May 10
I'm afriad i have a very quick temper. U tick me off & i'll tell u about it. My oldest son has said i have mellowed out, i needed to but not sure i have, sometimes. lol.
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@amelly (1554)
• Malaysia
25 May 10
i hardly got mad but i can lost my temper and sanity sometimes when people annoys me and i hate whenever others ask my stupid questions..but nowadays i'm okay with my temper..actually when we got mad.we tend to follow our emotions and it can lead to killing and shouting.not to mention hitting and crying..hehe..that is why it is really crutial to have an excellent anger management...my dad can easily lost his temper and sometimes we are afraid but right now we just laugh because he is so funny with his temper-looking-face...
@cloud31 (5809)
25 May 10
Hello amelly, Yes you are right when anger strikes us and can't control our temper our emotions sometimes explode and without a second thought we can even do some actions which can cause us troubles and outrageous.Its good to know you can control your emotions and your temper too. Thank you for sharing and have a nice day ahead!
@cloud31 (5809)
25 May 10
Exactly!!
@amelly (1554)
• Malaysia
25 May 10
your welcome..so we must think before we act cause we might never know that our action might change our future..
• United States
25 May 10
I have gotten much better about controlling my temper as I get older. I used to be hell on wheels, but I very rarely see a reason to lose control anymore. Things just don't seem like such a big deal as they did when I was younger, you know?
@cloud31 (5809)
25 May 10
Hello Stefani, I think you are right, younger individual tend to be short tempered compare to older one.As we get ages we learned how to control our emotions and get hold of anger.I even have the same observation of myself,maybe its kind of changes getting mature and see things bit reasonable. Thank you for sharing your views!Good day ahead!
@kukueye (1759)
• Malaysia
25 May 10
When i was young my temper is horrible. I will curse when feeling bad temper,to extend my mom used to slap my face because i curse obsene words. Later in life , i grow up of it , when i start to mix and mingle with more people and i learn to hold my tongue.He who hold his tongue is mightier than a warrior who conquer a city.Bad temper for me only leads with to more problems. Yes , anger keep inside is not good will only lead to more hatred and strive. So better let it out in safer ways.For children , they give them playdool,plasterine,squesse balls to let go..Haha.For adult i guess is sports or need to relax doing yoga,painting,hobbies like pets,aquarium, cooking, watch movies ,singing,muscial instruments and such.Beside that i usually avoid confrontation will cause temper to flare..If not avoiable then have to breath correctly and let the mind wonder off and not concentrate on the anger to turn into green hulk.
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• Philippines
25 May 10
There are people who can hold their temper and there are those temper wreck. I maybe on both in different situation. At work, everyone of the employee control their temper, we usually explode during meetings. and I learned by attenting company training to listen and analyze different situation before you explode your anger. On the other hand, I can't control my temper whenever there are arguments with my neighbors. You know our neighbors are called rumor gossip allies. If you will not defend yourself on them they will laugh at you at your back and will spread the news that you are a coward. I do not let it pass every single, tiny, little winnie conflicts between me and my neighbor. I really spend a lot of time defending even if I got killed. i like to get even, if they invite me for a fight I want to make sure they will regret they invited me to do it. I do not say they are the bad people in the world, but they are the worst I know. we just can't get along no matter how I try. And the reason is always about my cats, my dogs, that they do not respect. I do not care about their life if they take shabu and sell it and do illegal things like illegal connections of electricity and cable. They can do their thing, but once they invaded my privacy they will really taste what they wanted. Obviously I can't control my temper on them. i don't mind if I will have a heart attack, I don't let these got a score on me. Moreover, it is good that we learned to hold our temper when we are having conflicts with stranger. and if you are a customer service, your job is really to control your temper, you have no choice.
@cloud31 (5809)
25 May 10
Hello greccy, That's good to know when you learned things on how to get hold of your temper,attending seminars can help a lot with those advices from professionals. In your experiences its tough to control your temper,neighbors that minding others business that would surely attract temper to rise. Of course we have to defend our rights and ourselves when things went wrong and most cases when they tend to step on you for no reason and that's the time we need to make ways be seen.But the most of it in every thing we need to practice to control our temper in order to make our life less pressure over things and situations. Thank you for sharing and Have a nice day ahead
• United Kingdom
25 May 10
This brings to mind lots of memories of my past! I would lose my temper on a regular basis and I am referring to my teenage years! There used to be constant arguments with my family and we all would have our individual problems and we just could not get along! However, as you mature over the years you start to reflect on things and I have much improved now! I no longer lose my temper and there are certain things I do now in order to remain calm and at the top of my list is meditation! I meditate for an hour daily and this makes me feel so good inside. I'm no longer bothered by people that have an agenda to try and ruffle my feathers as it were! I just take a deep breath and relax and think to myself: this isn't that important! Everyone has different techniques that they utilise though but meditation is definitely one of mine and I would recommend this practice to everyone or at least experiment with it to see how it can work for them. Andrew
@cloud31 (5809)
25 May 10
Hello Andrew, Your thoughts is just almost similar from our very first responder in younger years we tend to be more aggressive in those kind of incidents,we seems to be more uncertain to analyze some incidents happening to us.I'm totally agree with you a person getting mature they think much positively and tend to have better temper. The good thing here is your way to cope up things and help you remain calm when you tend to loose your temper. That's a very encouraging way to maintain calmness when temper arises.I do the same when I feel i'm about to loose my temper take a deep breath can help me feel better. Thank you for added and helpful information you provide us here.Have a nice day ahead!
@ckyera (17332)
• Philippines
28 May 10
hi cloud, i think i am quite good in controlling my temper. its not easy to make me angry...unless being provoked too much and when its on the time when i am nearing my period! haha but anyway, usually what i do is just keep quite, take a deep breath and i pray silently so that i can stop myself from being angry. i just let the situation pass or sometimes i just move away from something or someone who provokes me to lose my temper.
@ckyera (17332)
• Philippines
31 May 10
hi simone! how are you? its been a long time... well, i think i do have a lot of patience with me, but like what you have said sometimes it makes me crazy and sometimes its worse when i release my anger coz sometimes everything that i keep just came out and i am like a volcano erupting! hehe but it don't happen all the time just once in a blue moon...
@simonelee (2715)
• China
30 May 10
Hello, Ck. I guess it's pretty obvious that you're very patient when it comes to controlling your temper. Taking a deep breath and being quiet are good help to avoid in getting to trouble. But, sometimes it drives us crazy! We need something to release our anger, right? I my self can't handle it especially when the weather is not that good. It greatly affects my mood though. Or maybe I'm a short temper person.hahaha
@med889 (5941)
25 May 10
I have to accept that some times I go berserk because of my temper, I can control them but there is a limit on doing so and for me I can do it when I am alone and when no one is disturbing me when I least expect it. I do meditation every now and then and compare to before I am much able to control my anger and I am happy for this achievement because somewhere my temper was disturbing people around me and was even destroying my relationship with them so now It is quite okay, I want to control them totally and I think meditation is the only way for me.
@cloud31 (5809)
25 May 10
Hello med, Most of us can't control sometimes.Its great that you have your way to maintain calmness.A meditation can make a good point to remain calm and hold onto your anger.You are right when we have that temper strikes it cause distraction to people around us, or even destroying our good relationship to others. Thank you for sharing your way to control your temper and Happy that you can cope up with it that way. Good day!
@Aaleexix (2290)
• India
25 May 10
I am very controlled person. Hardly I have loosed temper. To maintain social relation we all need to take over control on our temper. With out a balanced temperament we can't maintain a healthy relationship with anyone. In our social life situation makes us irritated and many time it lead to the loosing of temper. Anger is also a human quality. Dissatisfaction, unhappiness, restlessness and dissimilarity are the cause that lead us to such state of mind. Emotion has its natural way of outburst. For healthy relationship we should have control over emotion. It is best way of controlling over emotion to take a deep breath. Looking towards wide sky and to the water lessen our anger. Bad temper is sudden reactionary emotion of our mantel situation. If we can give some time to our mind then we can take a justified decision on the situation. It is said that the first call of the mind the devils call. So we need to think twice before show any emotion. Second thought is far justified the the first one. But from the healthy factor excessive control over emotion is quite harmful. Actually there is two different types of nature of human being. Outspoken and introvert. And normally introvert people have the quality to control over emotion. But there are some side effect of such nature. Introvert person have to face some complex mantel situation. Outspoken people feel mantel freshness after outburst of their emotion. But introvert person face mantel conflict.The controlled emotion may lead them to the internal mantel conflict.
@cloud31 (5809)
25 May 10
Hello Aaleexix, Glad to know you are good in controlling your temper.You are right to maintain good social relations we need to control our temper or else it cause distractions to some corner of relationship.Some people is really hard to get hold of their temper and hard to manage their anger.And tend to be more abusive in verbal and even actions if cannot control it properly. I'm with you with all what you have said when dealing with our temper.So much for that I have learned so much from it too. Thank you for sharing your views and opinion and Have a great day ahead!
• Philippines
25 May 10
When I was a bit younger, say I was only 15 back then, I used to be a very sensitive and temperate girl. I say what's inside of me however hurting it could be for others. If I won't say it, my heart will totally explode. I don't know when to or when not to speak out. I easily get depressed and frustrated if things won't work the way I wanted it to be especially when there are those who tries to manipulate me but I don't want them to. But as the years passed, I've noticed great changes in me. I can now control my temper. I learned how to accept changes and remain at peace despite how ever frustrating things get. I could now face challenges calmly.
@cloud31 (5809)
25 May 10
My Kite, That's the situation between the age of adolescents In our first responder and the tenth one they were saying that age can do something about our temper and that I agreed about. And now I'm happy that you have a changed as we tend to get mature.I agree with you too as I also experienced all about these kind of changes. Thanks for sharing and Good day !
• Philippines
26 May 10
I'm glad to know that at a point in our lives we've shared something common. Thank you also My Cloud.
25 May 10
I can control my temper good enough but sometimes there are times when I can't hold and you are right sometimes it hurts someone.Its a big change now that I'm living with my family I need mind them also so i think I need to watch over my temper.
@cloud31 (5809)
25 May 10
Hi one, I'm happy you can control your temper and adjust yourself in some incidents as well as to your loveones. Keep it up and have a great day ahead!
• Philippines
25 May 10
Hi there! I usually lose my temper when someone doesn't let me finish what I'm trying to say which often times leads to an argument. I am a very argumentative person and when someone contradicts what I'm saying instead of listening very closely, that's the time I lose my temper. There are also some people whose traits really piss me off like the know-it-all kind of people and thinks that they know better than anyone else and also those who mind other people's business. I really hate that. My temper has always been a problem of mine. I do know though that in order to have a healthier view in life and at the same time a better health, I divert my anger, frustrations and temper on some other things that would be productive on my part whether it's writing, singing, or just watching a good movie. I believe that it's unhealthy to control your temper so might as well use that temper on something better.
@cloud31 (5809)
25 May 10
Hi penrockerchic, I think its always been a reason to loose temper with someone who always wants to win over somebody and thinks that she knows well better than others.Well,for those kind of person I let them pass and ignore them.I don't usually spend times with them especially if I thinks not worth to even mad at them. In your last word,It sounds that you are trying to change your views with regards to your temper, and your ways are just perfect, keep on doing that and you will soon gets through from your short temper. Thank you for sharing your views and opinion.Have a nice day!
• Philippines
25 May 10
I'm really trying my best on that department. Thanks for the encouragement ;-)
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
4 Jun 10
Hello Sweetie, I am good at holding my Temper, it takes a lot to set me of and it takes a while I used to be an Area Manager, a couple of my Staff where awful, but my temper stayed cool lol When my Children where little I hardly lost my temper, but they always knew when to stop pushing me so it was not often I lost my Temper with them, my Daughter was always the one that over stepped the Mark lol But no, I do not loose my Temper easy at all
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
25 May 10
hi cloud31 I am pretty easy going and do not lose my temper often. but if I see a person being abusive to some one unable to defend themselves then I do get angry; I find I speak more slowly and more calmly than usual. I will step in and tell the offender to get his hands off this person or I will call the police.because I am an elderly woman most times the offenderwill back off. I really do not know why as the man,idiot really, was trying to beat the crap out of this young woman who did not look more than 18 and petite while the idiot was six foot tall and easily three hundred pounds. If he had taken a swing at me, I would have gone down. but I usually will try to avoid confrontations with others. Here several times I have told a person being mean to stop it or i will call the president of us residentsshere. that usually works. I never raise my voice as that just causes more trouble instead I keep my tone cold and slow paced.Bet I rarely lose my temper as I learned from my easy going husband years back to relax and let it be. most times that solves a lot of problems.just let it be,sister Mary saying words of wisdom let it be,courtesy of the Beatles old song.lol lol.
@cloud31 (5809)
25 May 10
Hello Ms Hatley, That's what maturity usually brings us, understand situations more clearly and can balance the situation in which it should be. I'm glad you can always get hold of your temper and calm when getting into situations like we supposed to loose our temper.Its really important to control ourselves when handling a situations like you had in your examples as sometimes those people can be so abusive and they might turned their heads to us. I love the the song from Beatles tooI should sing that once I'm about to loose my temper. Thank you for sharing your views and Have a nice day always!
@reckon21 (3479)
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
In most cases I am quite and when i can feel my anger rising a notch higher I tried to calm my moods by closing my eyes and counting up to fifty. That is usually long enough time to calm my anger. But there were really hard times when your patience will be most tested and that would be dangerous times for me because sometimes i like to do things physically like hitting somebody with my hands or something. I know it's wrong so I just take my anger off slowly and think of some funny moments to laugh at silently. This way i can feel my anger subsided.
• United States
25 May 10
Unfortunately for everyone around me I am NOT good at controlling my temper. I do try though...I just happen to be a very emotional person so whatever I feel comes out whether I want it to or not.
@cloud31 (5809)
25 May 10
Hello gurl, Its really hard to control of our temper and its brings a lot of effort doing so.Being emotional sometimes also can make us can't control most of our actions.I hope you will be able to cope up with that that could help you to make a better change of your emotions too.Especially when dealing with situations it courage to win it. Thank you for sharing and Great day ahead!
@clouds0327 (1389)
• Philippines
4 Aug 10
I am not in controlling my temper, I wish I was but I really am not. I feel bad when I get mad easily and tend to hurt other people' feelings especially my family. I sometimes feel I am crazy. I am currently trying to look for ways to do so, because this temper is not going to take me anywhere nice but all problems and negativity.
• United States
25 May 10
Hi cloud! I'm not good at controlling my temper.That is one of my problem especially at work its hard to control when somebody is just so stubborn and don't make a good relationship to others.But I'm trying though maybe I can treat a good change for it. Keep smiling!
@cloud31 (5809)
25 May 10
Hello Mrln, That's so tough situation of yours,you really need to learn how to manage your temper,sometimes being in an that kind of temper leads us to do do some actions which can cause us troubles at the end.I hope you will be able to get through to this. Thanks and Happy myLotting!