Shaking with rage, and with a lot of other stuff too

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:53:34 -0800

When I need to stand up for myself or interact with someone I despise, I often find myself literally shaking a little. Or a lot, actually. My new job involves a lot of this (often on others' behalf), so I'd like to control it. I guess I'm talking about "shaking with rage." In my case, at least, it's more of a pronounced shiver. It's not like I have some kind of anger management issue, though; it most often happens when I'm in a verbal arguement (although it increases if that arguement begins to devolve into a shouting match). This is even if I've expected the confrontation and prepared a few arguments in my head. When it happens for more than a minute or so, it can begin to actually make my voice waver. At any rate, it's embarrassing.

I guess it happens to me in other stressful situations from time to time, because strangely I can remember shivering a lot on the night I met my girlfriend...

Anyway, how do I stop this, and if I can't, then how do I manage it?

anti-winter!

mustcatchmooseandsquirrel — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:57:01 -0800

I hate winter. How can I make the next four months better than they would be otherwise? The winter has always been cold and dreary, filled with bad things and stress and having to walk everywhere while freezing.

I already bought earmuffs. Other than that, how can I make this winter more enjoyable? [preferably very inexpensively.]

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Shaking with rage, and with a lot of other stuff too

anti-winter!