Quote Originally Posted by higher4hockey
i have an explosive temper. i can fly off the handle and be in a blinding rage in two shakes..... it doesnt happen very often, but apprarently it is a menacing thing to behold.
I've gone through periods in my life like that too. I let shit build up to the point where a small thing would put me in a rage. There's a hole in my bedroom wall where I put my fist through the plaster because I had gotten home at eleven from a 16 hour work day to find my then-boyfriend had gone to bed without taking out the trash, the ONE request I had made that day of his unemployed ass.

I've learned to control it since, but I'm told that it's equally frightening to see me angry now- I just get SILENT.

One of the most important changes I've seen in myself since becoming a habitual smoker is an ability to let things go for the moment, until I'm calmed down enough to discuss them rationally. It's a good thing. My temper has gotten me arrested, and I don't need that ever again.