The concept that most stuck out to
me was ‘Responding to Another’s Anger’ in Chapter 8. Like I’ve said before, I
am one to usually blow up when in a conflict after holding my emotions in for
so long. But, there are times where I am on the other side too. It takes a lot
to make my dad upset, but when he is upset he gets extremely angry. (Maybe that’s
where I get it from :) ). A couple weeks ago
we got into a little tiff about some misunderstanding that we had. He was
extremely upset and started yelling. I sat there calmly while letting him get
out all of his anger then explained to him that I am an adult and that to get
through to me, he does not need to yell. I can honestly say that since that
moment, things have been different for the both of us.
I took away a lot from that
situation and from reading chapter 8 and this specific concept it has confirmed
that yelling in an argument is no way to go. Two people yelling just makes
matters worse because it ends up being a ‘who can yell louder’ game and makes
you more upset and you just feed of off one another.
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