Here's my scenario: My husband has anger management issues and quite frequently will yell at the kids, especially my 6-year-old son who has ADHD (even when medicated, my husband yells at him just because he feels like it or whatever, like if he is in a bad mood, anything my son does or says gets on my husband's nerves, so he ends up yelling at him). He also yells at my 7-year-old daughter who has learning disabilities and is very impulsive (not sure what to do about that, but that is just how she is, and I just have to watch her around the baby and continually remind her if she is being impulsive and to be aware of what she is doing). His yelling really stresses me out, not to mention what it is possibly doing to the kids' self-esteem, etc.
Anyway, my question is this: Does another person's anger display and yelling/raised voice stress anyone else out, or is it just me? He told me point blank last night that he doesn't think his yelling and anger should stress me out. I guess I'm just supposed to put up with it. I guess that's what he's trying to tell me. I don't know.... I just want to know if I'm overly sensitive, or if 4+ years of his anger and yelling are just getting to me as a normal reaction to that sort of behavior.
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