How short...

Cant remember the last time I proper lost it. Think it was about 6 years ago.

I'm never afraid to let myself get a little bit angry if I feel it. I just make sure I let it out and that's that.
 
I used to have a very short fuse but not with other people.
It was usually due to technology not doing what I wanted it to or being angry at myself for not being able to do something that I felt I should be able to do.
In any situation where I did get angry I always took it out on inanimate objects... or myself.

I've calmed down totally now, I hardly ever get mad any more. The last time I got really stressed was last year, the night before a uni deadline, when my printer packed up. It went out of the window. :o

The reason I calmed down so much followed an argument with my girlfriend (at the time). I went to work in a very busy kitchen after having a rather large but rather stupid fall-out with her. The stress of the kitchen got to me after about an hour and I ended up cutting one of my fingers off in a fit of rage. :s

I went to stab a packet of bacon with a steak knife but the bacon was frozen and I was wearing a wet latex glove. My hand slipped down the handle, over the blade and no more finger.

It's surprising how much self analysis and thinking you can do when you spend a week in hospital with only your stupid fault to blame.


Panzer
 
My fuse used to be really short, I would lose it quickly and for no reason when i was 18-23 ish. I think my ex used to wind me up on purpose, we always argued.

Now I am in my 30's, I am chilled, I can't remember arguing with the wife more than a few times (I do as she says ;) ) but I get irritated at work, and being quite opinionated, I end up clashing with the muppets here.. :)

I suppose with most people, you end up chilling out more as you get older.
 
I have a variable fuse length depending on the situation i am in. Friends and family get the long fuse edition, unless in a sporting/gaming situation where short fuse mode is activated.
 
Loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong - though it's more because I don't have a long enough attention span to remain angry, tend to find other things to occupy myself! :p

Think I've lost my temper (bar teenage strops) twice, once when my then g/f told me she had pulled some other guy so I shouted down the phone at her and threw my kebab on the floor, the other time when I had spent 2 days driving around the country moving stuff around - I asked 2 of my flatmates to move my stuff upstairs as I was driving down to Bournemouth and back to get my other flatmate & his stuff, when I got back 8 hours later they were still sat on the sofa and didn't do a thing so I said to *&^ing move the stuff and stormed out and slammed the door, apparently they were in a state of shock for a few minutes as no-one had ever seen me angry :p
 
Mine is a nightmare, although I have calmed down a little bit.

I do tend to lose it over the smallest of things but then major things don't bother me, which is strange.

I find I get angry, shout and scream, then get embarassed and apologise 5 minutes later for losing it over something so silly.
 
Short, but now it just builds up inside me and i dont take it out on people. When i was younger I used to be the same but anyone/any door or wall near me would be on the receving end.

Think I have got much better now, but it seems to be getting worse as i get older now (more responsibiltys/stress etc)
 
It's fair to say I snap quite quickly and more often than not I'm not afraid to say my piece. But if no one ****** me off, then I'm a nice guy, honest :).

I didn't lose it once yesterday for example, but the day before I almost broke my hand punching stuff because someone equalised against me on Fifa 08 online :p. Stupid, I know :(.
 
I'm usually very calm with people, so yeah, I don't have a short fuse.

When I drink, on the other hand, it's a different matter entirely. I'm not physically aggressive, just verbally belligerent and oh such a cynical jerk.
 
Red head = bad temper, although usually it takes quite a lot to get me going. But when I go for it, I really go for it, but it's usually over people being completely and dangerously stupid or being horrible to kids / animals.
 
Ive got a bloody long fuse, I havent lost it for years, but when I have lost it, I go into a bit of a rage and fail use my common sense :eek:

Some people at work have been getting near to the line though...
 
There a quote in a film that goes something like this -

There are two types of people in the world. There is the customer who goes into a shop everyday and abuses the assistant because they have had a crap morning. Then there is the assistant who puts up with the abuse for a number of months.
Eventually the assistant looses it and shoots the customer.

Im the second one.

Very long fuse and takes a lot to **** me off, but when i blow, that it. I remember doing this at home once when my mum kept pestering me. I ended up punching holes in my wardrobe door whilst looking quite annoyed to say the least!

Anyone know what film it was, i think it was some like Conair

edit -same, common sense goes right out the window
 
I used to have a foul temper until I was about 16 but it seems to have slipped. I rarely lose my temper these days and usually remain cam. I have to.

I do still lose it sometimes.
 
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