Have I done enough to make up for it?

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Stressed, anxious and generally dreading going to work this morning after a break.

I was snappy and not nice with DH and DS(4). When I realised what a bitch I had been I texted DH to apologise and called DS (He's at my parents today) and apologised.

It keeps going round in my mind what an arse I was again and it's making me terribly anxious.

Did I do enough to apologise?

What more could you do? Whip yourself? Move on mentally and make an extra effort not to repeat.

How do I learn not to do it again? It's almost like a kneejerk reaction

The more you look out for it, the quicker you'll notice it each time until you see the feelings coming and are then able to respond rather than react.

It is a good thing that you realised what happened and apologised straight away - some people aren't even that self aware.