Quote Originally Posted by friendowl
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rats were a lil agressive being around the others.then they added more rats to the same space and they started to fight and kill each other.too many rats in too lil a space
I'll be damned if I let myself think and interact like a rat. We're human.. and we have the ability to think about when to do things and when not to do things. Assholes in traffic do not really bother me.. I've actually never honked my horn at someone. If someone needs me to honk at them to let them know what they've done, then they're either oblivious ( and deserving of my pity, not anger) or it was an honest mistake (in which case I would not be angry with them). Taking my eyes and concentration off the road to flip off or yell at a driver would make me feel really stupid if that caused me to hit something. Getting out of the car to do anything would make me feel extremely stupid if I got hit (not to mention being detrimental to my health. Getting angry, to me, is unwise in most situations becuase it is emotional (faster) and not reasonable (slower). When speed is required, emotion is more appropriate (if correctly handled).

That said.. I've had a horrible temper since I was very little. My father had the same temper. Most of my anger has disappeared as the result of reasoning about the situation. I usually dismiss the remaining anger by letting it do it's thing in my imagination, and not in real life. If I can later deal with that so it doesn't make me angry again, I try and do that.