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I understand.

That is a really cool story.

Leo, I did notice my jaw muscles tighten. I read a post where you talked about that in detail. Very neat "TRICK" and it is very useful. My dad always used to say, "Stop. Take a deep breath." I need to remember to do that. Oxygen to the brain is good! Candid, my plan is not to wre...

Thank you both. Luckily I have the ability, somehow, to stay very calm when it's someone else's fault. I have never lost my cool in front of a customer or at an employee. I have gotten angry in front of an employee once, but it was because of my doing. Although, they did feel threatened and after we...

how to break the pattern. that is the question

my mother expected the BEST from us growing up. now that i think of it, if i didn't get first in certain things or the best grades she would say she was super disappointed in me and other word/guilt games to make me feel bad. I think it was so i would be better. tough love can, in some cases, work b...

I am angry at myself. At me making mistakes. At things not doing what I want them to do. When something hurts me, I lose it. At failure.

Ok. I have never done therapy. I have always thought that was "losing". My sister does therapy and swears by it. My soon to be wife does it, her brother does it, etc. They say it's not giving up, but just a tool to get better. My brain likes that definition. So this is a start for me. Just...

Should I find a post and state my problems there?
Will that be too busy for that thread?
Should I just start here?

Thanks.