control my anger

My 88-year old uncle now must live with me. When I would visit him, we would have a good time, but now that he lives me he gets on my last nerve! He’s cranky and he is a chauvinist and he urinates on my floor. It is a full-time job caring for him. I was getting angry every day, because I felt that my freedom had been taken away.

Now, I don’t let him bother me. Instead of running to him every five minutes, I let him do things for himself. The therapist stated that he needs exercise to keep his joints limber, so this is a good way to do that. I don’t let him fall and struggle needlessly, but I don’t allow him to control me anymore.

I tried to get him to eat and he argued. Now, I just say okay. When he gets humgry, I feed him. I would get angry when he wet his clothes. Now he wears Depend. It’s all in how you handle it. I chose to be happy and if he wants to be miserable there is nothing that I can do about that.

I usually get angry because I am overworked. I have too many projects which need to be completed at work, there is too much work at home and I am fully responsible for my daughter. The man in my life(who is also her father) justs tunes all problems out and says, ” I don’t see it as an issue.”

Tonight, I just told him calmly how that makes me feel and he still said that I was yelling and did not offer any solution. The key to controlling my anger is getting rid of the man that I have. I can do badly all by myself.

I’m taking a month off from work to clear my head and get me together. If this “MAN” doesn’t get his act together, in a month he will be history. One less reason to be angry.

After my son’s accident, I have missed several weeks of work, but I have kept my supervisor advised of everything. I will officially return to work next week with all of my work up-t0-date.

She sent everyone in the department a nasty email and I responded. She complained that we were not completing all of our assignments. When I legitimate reasons for the delay, she “suggested” that I find another position. I initially ignored her, then laughed. I’m glad that this happened. It is just the push that I need to advance my career in a better environment. I don’t need the money, since I am debt-free and I have a substantial savings. While I sue her for harassment, I’ll just sit and relax. I won’t lose my temper and I won’t beg for my job. Ahhhhhhhhh isn’t life grand!

Someone hit my son with a car while he was crossing the street on October 18, 2006. Both of his eyes were mutilated and his leg was broken into six pieces. Instead of becoming angry, I prayed for my son and the person who hit him. I was given the name, address and phone number of the person who hit him, but I just filed the information away. This is MAJOR for me!

I always said that if someone hurt my kids, I would kill them, but I exercised a lot of restaint. I calmed everyone around me in the process, and I have remained focused on my priorities. Now I just help my son to recover, I repaired a lot of broken relationships and I am more at peace.