I have a really bad temper. It takes a lot for me to get angry, but when I do, things get really ugly.
It starts out with a lot of little things that irritate me, or hurt my feelings, or seem unfair, and they build up over time until I lose it. It's taken me a long time to learn how to let those things go before they caused an outburst...because no matter how in control I felt, at some point, there would always be an explosion. I've gotten much better about talking to someone about what I'm feeling- as things happen- rather than bottling it up so much, but it's hard. I worry that people will think less of me for feeling what I do, for having these negative emotions. It's sort of silly, it's sort of been like shooting myself in the foot, because in the past when I've kept my mouth shut and later lashed out in a huge, hideous way, THAT is what has hurt my relationships with people. Discussing an issue at the time it occurs has proven difficult, but I've found that people are far more understanding than I've been giving them credit for.