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Question: How Do You Fight that "Knee-Jerk Reaction" to difficult children?
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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 395750" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>I have been so frustrated with difficult child lately that I find myself just getting instantly FURIOUS with her at the drop of a hat.</p><p> </p><p>And it's not a good feeling - I hate being this way.</p><p> </p><p>I am so angry at the constant negativity and the feeling that my entire life revolves around difficult child and her issues. I am SICK of it!!!</p><p> </p><p>Last night, I was aggravated with her over her mouthiness, name-calling and smart-aleck answers to everything - and then she went into her room and made a lot of noise while everyone else was trying to get to sleep. It never ends with this kid.</p><p> </p><p>And then this morning, I discovered that the last of the hot chocolate was gone. It shouldn't have been - there was plenty left yesterday. But there it was...an empty box.</p><p> </p><p>Now this was not grandmother's jewels or anything - and I probably only paid 99 cents for the cocoa - so it's not like this was some major investment or family heirloom or anything...</p><p> </p><p>but my reaction was instant and it was <em>so</em> over the top. I found myself just ridiculously ANGRY....and I really hate feeling this way. I had to take some time to "talk myself down" from this emotional turmoil over what should have been a 'non-incident' when compared to a lot of other things...</p><p> </p><p>(Remember the Simpson's Halloween Special? Homer's murderous rampage started with "<em>urge to kill rising..rising...RISING...!!!"</em> Of course, the jury might consider it a justifiable homicide - one should NOT mess with a chocoholic's hot cocoa mix.)</p><p> </p><p>So now that I am calm....</p><p> </p><p>am I the only one?</p><p> </p><p>And what you do to keep your emotions in check?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 395750, member: 6546"] I have been so frustrated with difficult child lately that I find myself just getting instantly FURIOUS with her at the drop of a hat. And it's not a good feeling - I hate being this way. I am so angry at the constant negativity and the feeling that my entire life revolves around difficult child and her issues. I am SICK of it!!! Last night, I was aggravated with her over her mouthiness, name-calling and smart-aleck answers to everything - and then she went into her room and made a lot of noise while everyone else was trying to get to sleep. It never ends with this kid. And then this morning, I discovered that the last of the hot chocolate was gone. It shouldn't have been - there was plenty left yesterday. But there it was...an empty box. Now this was not grandmother's jewels or anything - and I probably only paid 99 cents for the cocoa - so it's not like this was some major investment or family heirloom or anything... but my reaction was instant and it was [I]so[/I] over the top. I found myself just ridiculously ANGRY....and I really hate feeling this way. I had to take some time to "talk myself down" from this emotional turmoil over what should have been a 'non-incident' when compared to a lot of other things... (Remember the Simpson's Halloween Special? Homer's murderous rampage started with "[I]urge to kill rising..rising...RISING...!!!"[/I] Of course, the jury might consider it a justifiable homicide - one should NOT mess with a chocoholic's hot cocoa mix.) So now that I am calm.... am I the only one? And what you do to keep your emotions in check? [/QUOTE]
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