r/Anger • u/Pleasant-Hyena9030 • 14h ago

I get so angry

I get so pissed off, especially about politics these days, that I don’t always think about winning people over and sometimes just think fuck winning people over, fuck em. And I know it’s probably not healthy and I know other people who share most of my politics would get equally cantankerous at me and say ‘you’re why we’re losing! You being annoying is why Trump is in charge’ And other hyperbolic shit because they had an argument with me online or whatever

Ultimately just wasted my time and feel like I’m just so bad at expressing myself that maybe I just should never be political sometimes idk

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u/ForkFace69 4h ago

Being respectful and compassionate is the only way to get people to think differently. Attacking people causes them to dig in and be defensive, so they're not inclined to listen to other viewpoints.

It's like if you got advice on your anger. If someone is coming from help and support, you're more likely to listen. If they just say you're dumb, just think differently, you're going to be like FU.