Provocation Options

[Sinisa Cekic]

Do you know how to resist on the provocation in critical situations? Over the years I learned not to fall on the same, and said to myself - calm down, calm down, .. and usually worked. But sometimes provocations have become so brazen that it is very difficult to refrain and not respond adequately. Man explodes and usually regret afterwards. What is your situation with that ?

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[Ben Higgins]

The last time I lost my temper with a stranger was during driving incident a few years ago. It wasn't 'road rage' either because it wasn't the incident that angered me.

It was on a narrow lane, with low stone walls on either side. I was coming down the road (following my girlfriend who was driving her own vehicle). The cars opposite were waiting in a passing place which is the thing that everybody does on that road. My girlfriend carried on ahead and the car waited for her to pass as normal but then pulled out and started driving towards me. We slowed down to a crawl and then our wing mirrors hit and smashed off.

I didn't know what person was in the car..it could have been a huge, angry guy.. so I thought it best to display a small show of annoyance so the other driver didn't think it was a good idea to get aggressive with me. I got out and looked at my mirror and swore. Then the other (shiny Alfa Romeo) driver, a woman (probably 40's, upper class sort of voice) said in a horrible, self righteous tone 'You were driving too fast weren't you ?!'

Well I lost any control and called her all sorts of names.. I wasn't proud of it at all but I absolutely cannot stand people accusing me of something I didn't do. One of the worst things you can do to me.

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[Cosmin Lupu]

The last time I lost my temper with a stranger was during driving incident a few years ago. It wasn't 'road rage' either because it wasn't the incident that angered me.

It was on a narrow lane, with low stone walls on either side. I was coming down the road (following my girlfriend who was driving her own vehicle). The cars opposite were waiting in a passing place which is the thing that everybody does on that road. My girlfriend carried on ahead and the car waited for her to pass as normal but then pulled out and started driving towards me. We slowed down to a crawl and then our wing mirrors hit and smashed off.

I didn't know what person was in the car..it could have been a huge, angry guy.. so I thought it best to display a small show of annoyance so the other driver didn't think it was a good idea to get aggressive with me. I got out and looked at my mirror and swore. Then the other (shiny Alfa Romeo) driver, a woman (probably 40's, upper class sort of voice) said in a horrible, self righteous tone 'You were driving too fast weren't you ?!'

Well I lost any control and called her all sorts of names.. I wasn't proud of it at all but I absolutely cannot stand people accusing me of something I didn't do. One of the worst things you can do to me.

I totally agree! It's just pushing the 'explode now' button

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