When I was younger whenever I would get angry I used to get over it rather quickly. However, I have been noticing, that older I get longer I stay angry at people and think about the situation that initially angered me in the first place over and over again, which probably does not help in calming down and moving on.
Anyway, Matt used to say that I can't stay angry at him for more than 30 minutes. Sadly, I think I have extended that threshold. I just noticed it today that lately whenever I am angry, it usually affects my entire day now, or the rest of the day at least, and most likely will influence the next day a bit as well. Not a good pattern, if you ask me, but it's reality I guess. At least I know that I am getting worse. Now I just need to figure out if I actually need to stay angry at people that long or if I should work on letting it go sooner rather than later. I don't want people to walk all over me, which makes me think that I should not be all that easy on those who make me anger (I am much harsher when I am angry). On the other side, anger means stress for me, and I don't want to keep that in my system....So, here is dilemma.
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