When strangers are rude, i have to freak out privately afterwards..

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On most days I'm even tempered. Once in a while I'm unshakably happy. Once in a while, especially if I'm under alot of stress and feeling low about myself, and those feelings are badly timed with a complete stranger being obviously rude to me, I practically want to explode. Of course, never to the rude stranger's face...it starts immediately after the rude stranger or I have left the situation, and I am alone. I usually cry, and hit things (not living things), and freak out for a bit, feel like I want to die NOW, and then the next hour-or if it's really feeing bad-the next day, I am fine. Thankfully, this only happens about three times a year. It is basically an adult temper tantrum that feels like it just has to come out when it does (in private). Is this normal?

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  • cap'n'KUSH
    13 years ago

    all that built up anger has to be released sometime :)

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  • Wyomingite
    10 years ago

    Stress, frustration, and even rage are all healthy and normal human emotions. What makes each of us feel them, how long we can 'hold it in', and what triggers us to blow off the steam varies by individual.
    Your trigger to blow off the pent-up feelings seems to be rude people. I think that's normal, because it's not petty behavior itself that makes you so angry - the petty rudeness just accesses a well of pent-up emotions.
    I am usually very patient and laid-back (people tell me this all the time, I'm not just viewing myself this way), but every six weeks or so I get pent-up to the point that I have to scream into a pillow and throw things around. My trigger is usually too much mindless slang like 'YOLO' or 'swag' in one sentence. Can come from a friend or some random dudes talking within my earshot.
    As long as you aren't flipping out on people, specifically or friends or loved ones, I say you're good.

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  • boogabear
    12 years ago

    Hope you don't live in Jersey. EVERYONES rude here!!! You'd be freaking daily!

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    Id say bust out a can of whoop-ass on the next person that pisses u off. two things could happen then: ull either get yo ass kicked and won't do it again or Ull like it too much and continue whooping ass and therefore not having ur internal tantrums no more.

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  • alv1592
    13 years ago

    same here. getting rid of emotions is a good thing. never keep it bottled up.

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  • TheTodd11
    13 years ago

    We all have to cope with things in our life, and MOST of the time it doesn't go our way..

    Anger is just an emotion; use it just like any other emotion just as long as you’re not harming anyone else or yourself!!!!

    No need to be rude back that's just counterproductive, unless they step some sort of boundary then open a can of scream ass!!!

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  • Nabi
    13 years ago

    If you're female, it could be hormones (PMS can last 2 whole weeks, starting at your ovulation!) I don't know about males, though, because.. I'm a woman, so I haven't ever had to be one. Mood swings can also be triggered from poor eating habits - the times you eat at just as much as what you are eating. I've experienced similar extreme feelings in these types of situations.

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    • Wyomingite
      10 years ago

      Because of the volatile nature of testosterone, most men go through the same emotional cycle every twenty-four hours that a woman does every month, so whenever people use menstrual-cycle hormones to explain female behavior, I can't help snorting.
      I call it Pissy Man Syndrome. Feel free to use the name.

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