When getting angry do you keep under control

I have had a very bad temper most of my life. Now that I'm a little farther in life I've become a lot more philosophical when it comes to anger. I try to think of the reason behind the anger on both sides and do my best to come up with a solution to the underlying problem. Of course in situations where I'm caught totally off-guard, the old temper tends to rear it's ugly head and I react before I think. The quote you put up just happens to be one of my alltime favorites!

I am better than I used to be, but far from calm. I still have difficulty suffering the acts of what I perceive as fools. Sometimes I'm wrong and still fly off the handle.

Lol, I don't "fire off" often. The last thing I need is to throw a temper tantrum in front of all my coworkers. The older I get, and the more I deal with people, the more patient I get. I try to speak softly and carry a big stick and try to think of more creative ways to get my point across. I tell people all the time that "I don't get mad and I don't get even". So many people these days blow up and dramatize the most trivial things, I like to just sit back and lol...

I do not have a hair trigger but if I get pushed too far then I explode and there is no turning back.

When I get angry, I try to keep under control most of the time but sometimes it is very hard to do. I go through alot in my life and alot of different situations. I try to handle them the best way I can, but sometimes I get so tired of it and go off like a fool and feel bad about what I have said or done later.

There are times that I wish I had a hairtrigger temper because I tend to keep things bottled up, which isn't healthy and which can lead to an eventual explosion. When we were growing up my parents drummed it into our heads that you don't lose control and I do try to be reasonable when problems with others come up but there have been times when I wish I hadn't bitten my tongue off.

I am able to stay in control no matter how angry I get. If something is happening, I will do what I need to do to deal with it. MY husband tends to blow up, but is getting better at controlling himself. I have been trying to show him by good example how to stay in control of himself when frustrated.

I seem to get angry when trying to deal with bureaucrats, I just have no patience

I am better now at controlling my temper than when I was a kid. I still lose it if I become extremely angry. I don't lose it as often though.

Hi raydene! I have always managed to keep quiet, shut my mouth and just think the situation over. I have been able to control it somehow but there are slips though but those are really rare. I do agree with you that you can never win an argument with an idiot or make an idiot see some reasons. Take care and God Bless!

I do get mad and brust out my anger in people and on things. But i sometime try to control my anger and i can too.

When i get angry it is never a pretty sight so i try my best to laugh just to avoid making horrible mistakes. people might think I'm stupid when i laugh instead of showing my anger but they just would not understand that i am doing myself and others a favor,secondly i stater when i get angry so its always best i just shut my mouth.

me too i seldom get angry but when i do i am like silent volcano who has been sleeping for centuries and then suddenly "BOOM" i exploded. that's the result of extending my patience for quite long and then when i can't handle it anymore i exploded. it Did happen already, and i don't want that to happen again. i don't want to see myself in that situation again. If i can still handle it my patience can still absorb it... i let it sit in my mind too and figure out what to do about it and how to address it. Then talk to the person concern....

i had bad temper before, but now i really have to control because i want to act professionally. i am not a child anymore.

Ok here I go when I get mad I stay away from People and I will move the Furniture round I don't get mad often any more but that is what I do and I have been mad very recently because I got hurt ofline by a Friend well with that attitude as far as I am concerned the Friendship is over after 21 years (this goes back to my Discussion 21 year Friendship lol) Hugs xxxx

I don't have a hair trigger, but once I blow, it'll take a long time to settle down. I do tend to let my anger eat at me, and every so often, it'll put me in a pre-ulcer condition.

When getting angry i locked myself in my room. I sometimes confront the culprit.I can't hide it to myself I think i will collapsed by the weight of the problem, so i usually like to share it with the people around me.

You know Mom it takes a lot usually to get me to lose my temper but when it goes people run for cover and I find it very hard to control myself - which is wh I try not to get angry in the first place! Hugs xxx

I am pretty quick to anger I must admit. I am not usually violent but that has happened on occasion in the past. My anger I know rises out of frustration and the fact that my expectations are sometimes not based in reality. I try to be aware of my physical signs when I'm getting angry so I dont go off like i have on occasion in the past.

Oh boy...when I was pregnant I told it how it was...I said alot of things I shouldn't to my husband....poor man!! lol But he understood. Now on a normal situtation I am one of those people who hold it in until I can't hold anything else in and then I cry and blow up. I need to work on that...it's getting better though.