I bottle it up for about a month or so. Then, if the problem persists beyond that point, I reach my limit and explode. I am going through one right now. It's been going on for about a year now. The process has been as follows: get upset, don't say much. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Have a long, calm talk with gf about it explaining my frustration. Problem repeats itself....repeat previous steps for a year. Right now I am past my breaking point and if things don't change I'll either go crazy or go into depression. That's for ongoing frustrations, however.
If something is a one time thing I curse, yell, do hand gestures and rape my stress ball. That doesn't do much though so I use calming drops to do what they're made to do.
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Maturity is knowing you were an idiot in the past. Wisdom is knowing that you'll be an idiot in the future. Common sense is knowing that you should try not to be an idiot now. - J. Jacques
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