After my sister's birthday party today, my mom and I were waiting for a bus. She lit a smoke, and a guy walked up to her and asked for one. She said she couldn't spare one, and he walked away. His girlfriend said 'What, she didn't give you a smoke?' He shook his head no and she started ranting. She went on about how my mother was... well, a whole bunch of things I'm sure would be bleeped here.
I got so angry. I haven't gotten extremely angry in quite a while, but hearing her badmouth my mother like that did more than make my blood boil. I was so angry that I was shaking from the adrenalin rush for an hour afterwards. I came so close to doing something, but my mom stopped me and just kept repeating 'its not worth it.' My bus came soon afterwards.

I don't know if the amount of anger I had was rational, if it made sense, or if it was... enhanced by my bipolar. Really, this time as nothing happened, I don't care so much. But it did kind of scare me afterwards how angry I got. I don't think I've ever been that angry in my entire life.

I guess I'm looking for an opinion as to whether that amount of anger was rational. I have no idea. I've never been in a situation before where someone was saying things about my mother. I plan to talk to my therapist about it, but my next appointment is in little under a week. So.