What raises your blood pressure instantly?

Not too many things manage to cause my blood pressure to rise except when the person I am talking to is not listening! Grrrr!! It is so rude and ignorant! It is a pet hate for me since childhood because my mother is renowned for not listening and actually looking away while I am in the middle of a conversation!

I think I'm a cool person...but sometimes I gets tensed...when I'm blamed for something I've not done...seeing others in pain.. anyway I'll try to be cool... thanks for sharing... have a great day/night.....

Hello Bal, ironically driving has the complete opposite affect to me, when my blood pressure is up, I am stressed, angry or upset then going for a drive actually RELAXES me! weird I know! Once I get behind the wheel of my car it's like a big weight has been taken off my shoulders, I can't describe the feeling and if anyone cuts me up, or road works, it doesn't bother me, added with music it's bliss! What does get my blood pressure up is screaming kids and barking dogs! I like peace and where I live it's hard to get, it's like a dogs home around here, with all the dogs barking and why do kids have to scream???? constantly! I have to shut my windows and in the Summer it makes things even hotter, another thing that raises my blood pressure is the unbearable heat! I am far more relaxed in the cold than when it's hot.

My blood pressure rises when I do not take antihypertensive pills.

Hi Bala! Yeah very true! Like you, for me too driving through the busiest of roads in the Capital city and negotiating unruly traffic and uncivilized motorists, who do not follow the traffic rules, makes me lose my temper and this results in high Blood Pressure. Even if I am driving in my lane and in a controlled manner, others do not allow us to drive peacefully. Driving sometimes makes me temporarily insane...............lol!

Delays - being made late due to other people, unforeseen circumstances such as traffic, etc.

There is one thing that will never fail to irritate me.This is if someone criticises my son. My blood would boil and my head will start pounding if I hear some undeserving 'know all' person criticise him.

Same as you do, it is driving through the traffic here that raises my blood pressure instantly. I drive myself to school and I go out out of the house an hour before my class and even though school is just 20 minutes away, sometimes because of the heavy traffic, it'll take me almost an hour to get to school and I do get late at times no matter how early I left home. Traffic sucks because some drivers are too inconsiderate to give way. That's about it.

Well, I have the same problem because every time that I go to the city is hard not to get upset with all the crazy drivers engaging in all types of traffic violations.

waiting for someone who is late by more than 15 minutes raises my bp I hate waiting like this

Hi Balasri, a lot of things gets me really worked up! Driving itself is okay, but when inconsiderate drivers start cutting into your lanes or hogging the fast lanes or jumping queues - all these drive me crazy. Rude and inconsiderate people, especially those who do not wait for their turns at queues are also contributors to my stress. Similarly, inefficient and imbecile customer service and sales personnel get me mad!

Then you should have music in your car so that you could relax during traffic.

My family, especially my brother. The know it all. My father and deceased mother always felt he was perfect.

Short and simple ....when I see BLOOD .....!!!

what raises my blood pressure the most and the fastest is witnessing random acts of stupidity. I have very little tolerance for stupidity and I am finding that as I get older that tolerance becomes less and less