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[sacramentalist]

Do you know what your triggers are? I mean, what sets you off irrationally. I know some people get violent about some things but don't acknowledge the irrational aspect of it. They're creative enough to justify their outrage over a slight. I lack that skill.

What ticks me off is when an underling will say they were talking to my boss about something I asked them to do.

"We need this done by Monday."
"Should be Tuesday, as (owner) and I were talking about it last night. But, whatever."
Then I forward (owner)'s email saying it's Monday.

I know I get my back up way too high. But both the dismissive response and the threat of being out of the loop gets me very pissy.

Do you have any obvious trigger points?

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[sabotabby]

I've got a lot. I'm not sure how irrational it is to get angry about the things that set me off.

I mean the obvious one right now is that the very mention of someone's name is making me fly off the handle. But more obvious? Telling me that we need to talk about a thing but not right now. I feel like most people know to not do that and yet so many people in my life still do that.

[sacramentalist]

Yeah, that sort of thing gets my anxiety going. I try to calm myself with asking what it's about, but too little information gets me going as well.