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Popsicle99 2 days ago

I don't know if someone has ever experienced this, but lately I have been having some trouble with the people who is close to me, mostly with my roommate and best friend. I realized that sometimes I am unable to control what I feel, I am unable to control what I say or how I act.


Just today I was mean to her, without even noticing, I was rude and that happens more often that I wish it would. I don't realize I am being mean until I hurt the people I care about.


How do you guys cope with that? How do you learn to think before talking or acting?


I know maybe she needs to give me some patience because I don't control it, but I can't ask for it if I don't even understand myself.

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jacek73 2 days ago

@Popsicle99

Hello. I think that's really good you're self-aware and you don't want to hurt people around you, even when hurting someone was not your intention at all from the beginning.

As far as I can catch the idea for my life: How I feel is important, but my emotions are not me. They're signals, not imperatives.

Knowing my emotions is the first stage. Being slightly careful in believing them is the second.

I cannot control what I feel. But I should control my words or actions in given circumstances. Or at least I should try.

How do you think, what could you do in the situations when your emotions seems to be overwhelming, to not hurt anyone? What kind of "preventive measures" you might take before the things go to the boiling point?


toughTiger6481 2 days ago

@Popsicle99

Perhaps your answer is underneath the surface. 

I mean i have people around me whom i find myself becoming snarky with when it is something under the surface.  This can be people I love and do not mean to but often frustration or some sort of emotion or feeling makes me say or do something i wish i had not.   

 Example if we are doing something and we reach an issue or impasse .... we speak of some chore or task  being done yet they disregard it .... tell me they will do  later etc   then  it bubbles under surface and leaks out in some snarky comment or action.   

        Sometimes when frustrated I snap and say things.    I try to tell myself I will count to 10 or learn to control it but short of being direct and air out what is getting under my skin....even if it is a long standing irritant.   The best thing is to be truthful about the irritation and not internalize the small things. 


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Popsicle99 OP 2 days ago

What do you mean with 'underneath the surface'?

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toughTiger6481 2 days ago

@Popsicle99

Underneath the surface..... means small things or irritants a person has now or in the past done. This happens often with people we live with.  They claim credit perhaps for our efforts ... maybe they disregard our feelings or  ignore simple things we ask them NOT to do.   

If we did not deal with it speak up/ discuss  and  or settle things....... a small thing that should and often would not bother us now lingers and a small  disagreement  brings back that old frustration. 

So when something happens and we get angry .....they seem to feel we are angry all the time or making a big deal out of nothing ........because what ever the small underneath thing is they have forgot it and yet we have not. 

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Popsicle99 OP 1 day ago

That could be a really valid reason, I mean, I think there are things that also bother me but somehow I have learned to ignore or maybe just go with them, like they don't bother me anymore. Maybe I am holding something back and that triggers my bad humor (that and the fact that I am very moody when I am having a bad day, can't be a good combo).


Thank you so much for making me think about this, sometimes we just need to see a little bit further.

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andrewtan99 2 days ago

It's normal to not notice when you're being mean. It's okay to go over and talk about it.

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Popsicle99 OP 1 day ago

I just don't want this to make me hurt the people I care about.

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1q2w3e4r 1 day ago

I kept getting a similar issue, when I get too stressed or too much in my mind. I'm not one to talk about it or really show it but I start to give attitude and have a short temper and I dont realise until someone points it out to me.

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Popsicle99 OP 1 day ago

Yeah right? I mean, I am not saying we have any right to be mean, but sometimes it's something we can't really control.


Perhaps patience and finding a way to cope with our emotions without hurting others could be the solution.

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I can relate to this because when I'm having a difficult time, I'm also out of character without realizing it until I'm told. I say things that I would not say on a normal day. It's good you've accepted it. Now, you need to fix whatever is stressing you so you don't transfer it to people around you. I'm still working on this myself

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Popsicle99 OP 1 day ago

At least we are not alone in this and I think we will be able to find a way to cope with our emotions without hurting others, I'm working on it too, but realizing I want to fix it it's the first step.

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theseaandthesand 3 hours ago

Would you say that tou have trouble regulating your emotions?