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AIBU or what the flip is wrong with me?

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Hypermutley · 15/01/2014 22:37

i don't know where to put this so starting here...please help.

I get angry very quickly but for the small things, never the big things. Many e.gs but most recently, went to department store to pick up order stood in line gave order no and waited. 5 people behind me in line get called up first (ANGRY) and I throw my hands up and the order no taker guy saw me and sorted it out.

went back to return a couple of the items, guy at counter says can i take a seat while he sorts out others waiting to collect, i say sure and sit. he sorts out all of them bar one, chatting extensively to a couple of them (ANGRY) in the meanwhile another two women queue with returns. he begins to sort out first woman on the queue who appeared to have a heap of returns (V ANGRY). i go up to counter tell him you asked me to wait i have now can you do my return as i was here first, he says can i sort this lady out first, i say no, I'd rather you sorted me out first i need to go and turn to woman and tell her the 'story' she's ok with it.

at work, in review with audit guy, co-worker (junior but project management responsibility) walks up and says am i doing a certain piece of work, i say no she says why not (ANGRY) because of x.

i also suffer from anxieties. if ppl don't speak to me or don't call me or 'see' my fb message but not respond etc. i find it hard to 'connect' with ppl, e.g. i have no real friends, but i am (reasonably) popular at work.

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PansOnFire · 15/01/2014 22:41

I don't think there is anything 'wrong' with you but you sound like you're constantly at boiling point. Do you get much time to wind down and relax or are you feel under a lot of pressure?

YANBU re. telling the assistant you'd rather he served you first. I hate it when that happens and it always makes me feel like I'm the one I. The wrong.

Backtobedlam · 15/01/2014 23:07

Maybe you're overthinking things, all the examples you've given are annoying, it's not like you've actually lost your rag with people. Have you had your blood pressure checked at all? I know that this can affect some peoples anger point.

Hypermutley · 15/01/2014 23:12

thanks pan, i know sometimes its the other person in the wrong, but i would like to be able to deal with it without getting so angry.

i am a laugh a minute kind of person, e.g. have to tell myself to be more serious at work, but then quite serious about work. so no, i don't feel like I'm at boiling point. oh but when something happens i go from 0 to 60 in a second, and feel embarrassed after. the thing is if anyone challenges me when I'm angry then i don't come across so 'measured' believe me, its very embarrassing afterwards....even while I'm still seething.

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ImperialBlether · 15/01/2014 23:14

Do you feel as though there's a fist clutching your heart and squeezing it? You sound like you're under a lot of stress. When I was like that I was given betablockers for a month and that was all that was needed.

RandyRudolf · 15/01/2014 23:14

You sound just like me, I get narked at the smallest things. People generally irritate me. I think I'm best when I'm just in the company of my cat Grin

Do you get much time to yourself? I find if I'm in the company of people for too long without any 'me' time to gather my thoughts it make me even narkier is that a real word?

iklboo · 15/01/2014 23:48

I get sooo wound up by the smallest things if I've forgotten to take my beta blockers (for high blood pressure) - even things like DH leaving a spoon in the sink or someone taking ages to find their door pass at work holding up a queue of people trying to get in. Minor irritations usually, huge ishoos in certain circumstances.

takingthathometomomma · 15/01/2014 23:50

My word you sound like me.

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