What is your anger tolerance level?

I’m a pretty laid back guy and can take quite a lot. I’m one of those types that can stay pretty cool and collected until I reach “that point.” I really shy away from conflict but if things get to a certain place… There is no gradual climb, it’s just as if a switch was flicked on.
I think it must be the German and Irish in me.

It really depends on who I’m getting angry with.

I can keep my cool much longer when in public, and with people who it would be detrimental for me to get angry with…like a boss or coworker.
Also, it depends on the day I’ve been having. If it’s the end of a long, tiring day…and someone is riding my ass about something out of my control, then I get pretty angry pretty quickly.
I’ve gotten better at what happens when I get angry. I used to lash out and just say the meanest thing possible, knowing I would hurt the person. I do this far less than I used to. You have to really push me for me to want to emotionally hurt you.

I generally control myself fairly well, thanks to better living through chemistry. However, my son is an expert at getting my goat. Because he really enjoys affecting the emotions of others, he does his best to tick me off on a daily basis. However, the result is generally only that I yell at him to stop it or go to his room. Now!

It takes a lot for me to snap. In the last ten years it has happened one time that I can think of. And that was when my mom told me she didn’t want a surgery that was needed to save her life. I was crying and throwing lawn chairs and power tools all over the place.

I get angry, but I usually just walk away.

I don’t really yell and scream despite how much I try. I tend to sob, hyperventilate, and lose strength in my body when I’m arguing and furious. If I’m just really pissed about something, I’d like to throw things and injure people, but the repercussions would suck, so I don’t.

It doesn’t take much to get me to unleash a ton of profanity.You bastard!

As far as physical anger – I find little need for it.

Depends how irritating the situation/person is. I usually just swear under my breath.

depends on the source of the agitation.

When I’m alone, I’m pretty open with how angry I am at some 12-year-old from Texas killing my character on a video game.

But when I’m with people, it takes a lot to make me show anger.

I’m pretty much the same as AstroChuck…very laid back, but once the switch goes…I might say some things I may regret later.

I can restrain myself indefinitely from explosive anger – I do get snippy with family members though.

In public, I’m one of those women who is likely to cry when I’m trying to talk about what I’m angry about. DH is the opposite side of that paradigm – he’s usually blows up when he’s feeling hurt, instead of crying.

i can take quite a lot, but if someone goes too far they’re basically toast. even when i get angry at someone or they try to fight me i try not to react, but, if left with no choice i will react in a defensive manner. a good example is this guy close to 3 times my size (im the short kind of guy that people think is a wimp) was bugging me, and for some reason he started kneeing me in the head. i picked him up and slammed him against the wall, then let him drop down. needless to say he backed off after that. i guess im pretty cool until someone really gets to me and then i just snap, and they learn their lesson. anyone else like that?

@XOIIO

That act is really unforgivable, kneeing your head? I would have smacked him preferably right in front of everybody and knee him back on the crotch. Maybe not. If he has a gang of 10, I would rather just walk away than going home with bruises.

@mea05key, i could knee him in the crothch, but im at the age where he could sue if he wanted to and i could go to jail, plus thats pretty bad, i leave that to a last resort. i just wait until he stops for one millisecond and then get whoever is attacking me, so you stun them, and you can just walk away. i would advise you not to go kneeing people in the crotch unless your being mugged or raped. ( neither of which i wish upon you)

They say when angry count to ten. I agree. but throw your first punch at four nobody expects that,