I had a good heart to heart with my parents today about my growing temper issues. Apparently now that I don’t “binge and purge my feelings” (according to the eating disorders people) I am starting to actually feel things. Of course, as my dad quite rightly pointed out, I’ve always been strong-willed!

Anyway I’ve noticed that I’m taking all sorts of things personally and then going in for a defensive attack. The people at risk are the people who least deserve this – this is usually the way isn’t it – or the people that I can least afford to carry out this sort of behaviour with (even if it is justified and could be described as assertive).

I need to learn not to take things so personally, not to dwell on these things and to learn to let things go! Most of these things are not about me at all.