Roselaure
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ORIGINAL: beargonewild Yet in most cases when a person has a bad temper and it usually leads to yelling/shouting and with saying things which never should be said to another person. For many people, it is a very very fine line that is easy to cross when allowing a bad temper to overwhelm them. What also needs to be made plain and clear is the fact that for some people, when the temper is all encompassing, the line between rational thought is ignored. This in essence is a form of verbal abuse. I find it quite absurd that the concept of verbal abuse is treated in a laissez- faire manner just because there are no bruises or broken bones. There is a huge difference between a couple having an arguement with angry emotions and a couple who cave in to bad tempers and continually degrad, abase and belittle each other. Each situation has to be looked at on it's own merit and the surrounding circumstances to gain a more accurate picture. Great post, bear. I can understand passionately raising one's voice, but shouting comes dangerously close to that fine line you speak of, and often times crosses it. I don't like being with someone who displays this kind of temper. It seems too out of control to me. Back in time when I was full of rage, I would shout in anger. I did so because I lacked the words to express myself. I lacked the words to express myself because I wasn't self aware enough to understand myself. Once I worked out some of my bigger internal issues (anger/rage being one of them), communication came more easily to me and I didn't feel the need to shout. I find shouting to be assaulting, and I don't want to be around it. Being around a man who raises his voice often and loses his temper scares me and causes me to withdraw emotionally, whether or ot he plans to strike me (or the TV) in anger. Like you, I simply do not want to be around it. Some women go for that type of behavior, but I am not a lover of the drama. Everyone loses his/her temper sometimes and that can be dealt with, but habitially, no, I won't be around to witness that.
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