So sorry to hear all this. I'm praying for you. Hope things get better.

It wasn't that bad, no need to pray. It hurt like all heck and is still sensitive (given that the end of my finger is pretty much one massive bruise), but it's nothing a little time and humility can't fix.

Hey, there's always need to pray. Besides, you never know when things may go wrong.

That's the spirit! God bless!

I live in montana. Being stuck in snow is a near daily occurrence for me. There is a knack to driving in bad weather, and it takes years to perfect. Becoming upset because of something you have absolutely no control over won't help you get to work on time ;)

Hence the "anger management issues" title. I felt like an idiot shortly after it happened. I think it's safe to say that Wrath is my most prominent of the seven sins as it were, and though my fuse is generally longer than it used to be, when I do get upset, it tends to explode, usually to my detriment. Unfortunately, I feel a need to vent that emotion in a physical release and I've yet to find a constructive way of doing it, as hitting things usually has a destructive output. That, and I take failure better when I'm in control. I can accept my own mistakes and shortcomings and such, but when I get hit with something I didn't see coming, especially something that can escalate to more problems quickly, I tend to loose my cool.

Very eloquent. Wrath is probably my greatest sin too. I've found that boxing helps me when I'm angry. If I can hold out long enough to get in the gym, I will hit the bag until my knuckles bleed, and my arms are numb. My anger isn't volatile, it is cold, and deadly. I don't explode, or rage. I just get calm, and quite, and feel the urge to hurt things. Needless to say, I can't let my anger get the better of me, or risk hurting those around me. So I bottle it up, and release it in controlled amounts towards an object in such a way that won't get me sent to jail. I hope you too can find something like I have.

Funny you should mention that, as my dad actually used to have a punching bag in the basement and the gear to use it without hurting your hands. Never did execute on trying that method, and he has since gotten rid of it as he stopped using it himself. Also, how my anger manifests can actually vary depending on the source. When it's something inanimate or just some happenstance of life, that's usually when I want to physically vent on something, like I have the urge to break something. There isn't anything to really focus that emotion on, so it wants release in something of a primal way. But it's more "break" than "hurt". It has been a long, long time since I feel I have sincerely wanted to hurt someone, even if I say so as a verbal vent, my heart's not really in it. When a person is the source of my anger, I tend to internalize it. I seethe, and instead of wanting to break something, I build a grudge and harbor resentment. It is difficult for me to forgive and forget, even when I know it's the best thing to do, and a part of me still holds various levels of grudges against people I really shouldn't anymore. Raging at a person tend to only make matters worse. Yelling at an inanimate object leads to nothing (other than annoyed listeners) while yelling at a person can escalate, have lasting repercussions, and usually doesn't solve anything. When I'm angry with someone is actually when I tend to focus the most on choosing the right things to say. usually trying to convey my anger to the person in a diplomatic way. The less confrontational with someone you are, the less defensive they tend to me, and the more likely they are to actually listen to you.