I didn't grow up in an angry household, but a close family friend whom I saw often was very short-tempered. As a result, I find any kind of anger extremely difficult to deal with, even when it's just someone complaining about something like being cut off by another car earlier that day, because I know that if I were to do/say the wrong thing, the anger could very easily get turned to me.
Now as an adult, my typical response to someone who is angry is "Calm down" or "I'll talk to you once you've calmed down."
My XBF would sometimes get into very passionate rants, and has told me that my response of telling him to calm down was really minimising his feelings. I'd really appreciate if some of you could tell me how you have dealt/deal with individuals who get angry easily.
Thanks.