We are all sensitive beings. Being a sensitive person doesn’t mean that you are in the wrong, for not taking things lightly, it just makes you more susceptible to feeling the effects of things like humor, or argument differently. Not all of us have a tolerance for these things when we are not in the mood. The worst thing you can do is to misinterpret and personalize things or read into things in a way that you make things about you. Remind yourself, not everything is about you, and most people are simply focused on themselves and what they are saying, more times out of ten they aren’t trying to take a dig at you, who you are, or your beliefs. We can’t possibly know everything about everyone, there is one thing that people can’t read is your thoughts, my attorney once told me that. No one can hear what you are thinking. So with that have power in the fact that you can make mistakes you can read into things, you can take things personally, and you can feel offended by what others may say, but you don’t have to allow yourself to get hurt, bent out of shape, or spend the rest of your life defending yourself, or needing to self-identify where you are coming from and why you are feeling hurt. At some point we hope that you get to a place, that things bother you less, upset you less.

I did some research on Google.com and here is the following advice for dealing with annoyance and anger:

• Take a break.
• Identify triggers.
• Practice relaxation.
• Exercise
• Reframe your thoughts.
• Use anger as motivation.
• Seek help.

When using anger as motivation (6) … “Instead of feeling stuck, you can use your anger to drive you towards making a difference. For example, you could advocate for a cause, set boundaries in a relationship, or make changes in your life.” [1] The goal is to improve your mood, whether through exercise or simply reframing your thoughts, this is you, you get to “restructure how you think about the things that are bothering you.” [2] In addition the best advice from this list I found was to “take a break,” I cant say how many times, I have been bent out of shape, or posts ruined at the very end, venting, and just don’t sound like myself. Who wants to be this loose canon who can’t keep it together and allows their frustrations to get the best of them, learn from me, it doesn’t feel good to be upset, it doesn’t feel good to shout, it doesn’t feel good to relapse or take extra pills. For me keeping it together is very much apart about battling alcoholism or addiction, and sends me right back into the throws of addiction, using substances to cope with what is bothering me. I much preferred being sober, it was easier to deal with my emotions, when I was sober. Things didn’t get to me as much, I wasn’t shouting, I never cursed or used the F word, and was much more balanced.