[Detia]

I'm really interested in input from anyone else who is comfortable.

In myself I have noticed that when I am already stressed, or emotionally heightened there are some things that get to me that otherwise would not. Or even, there were things that would regularly upset me that I had overcome, but comes back when I'm stressed, frustrated, or there are too many pet-peeves at once.

Today has been particularly difficult for me and I'm not sure why other than the heat and general stress I am dealing with in school, home-life, financially, health-wise, food-wise, and I am moving on July 1st to live on my own for the first time as a 21yr old.

I have a long list of pet peeves that don't even register on certain days, but can throw me into a crisis when I'm upset.

Such as walking around barefoot and getting grit stuck to the bottom of my feet, I can't stand it and it generally makes me angry or agitated even on good days.

Not having a hand-towel to dry my hands with. It's just part of the entire cleaning process for me. Once I could wipe it off on my shirt or pants and be fine but now I can't stand the sensation of moisture on my shirt, pants, or the thought that I'm picking up grime after just washing my hands.

Tidy stacks - Generally doesn't bother me unless I feel my space has been invaded. Books are in a neat orderly stack, papers, notebooks, anything that's in a pile is neatly arranged and the edges line up, biggest on the bottom, smallest on the top. This used to extend to other people's things but I reigned that in some time ago.

Things Have a Place - If I put something somewhere, it should be exactly where I put it every time. I overcame the issue of the item being placed just a centimeter off, general area is okay. This is generally because of my memory, but if there's even a community item in the house that I put somewhere specific each and every time I am done using it, and it's not where I have always put it I'll get upset at others (but keep it to myself)for not knowing it's 'proper place'.

So what's your pet-peeve, and does it get worse with stress?

[growlithing]

When I'm not upset or wired up, I have a few things that bug me but they aren't big deals and I just brush it off. When I am upset, everything bothers me and the more stressed I am, the more aggressive my response

[saturnssecret]

I get really aggravated when someone gets REALLY bossy with me. Or demands respect but isn't there for you. I know when I'm moody that every little things sets me off.

[yellowfrog268]

"Such as walking around barefoot and getting grit stuck to the bottom of my feet, I can't stand it and it generally makes me angry or agitated even on good days."

Wow, I hate that one too!

When I'm already stressed or agitated any kind of distraction from what I'm doing could set me off.

[Detia]

Originally Posted by yellowfrog268

"Such as walking around barefoot and getting grit stuck to the bottom of my feet, I can't stand it and it generally makes me angry or agitated even on good days."

Wow, I hate that one too!

When I'm already stressed or agitated any kind of distraction from what I'm doing could set me off.

Oh I definitely get that too. Generally if I'm reading or in the middle of writing something I don't like being distracted by any people at all. The cat or dog could distract me and it's not as bad because I guess I don't have to change the way I'm communicating very much.


@ Everyone



Thank you for your responses! I got a little chuckle out of some because they were pretty easy to relate too. I also realized how much it can help just to be aware of what will set me off a bit more when I'm stressed because I can either deal with it better when I see what is happening, or I can realize how stressed I actually am and take a break to de-stress!

Originally Posted by saturnssecret

I get really aggravated when someone gets REALLY bossy with me. Or demands respect but isn't there for you. I know when I'm moody that every little things sets me off.

me too. I feel like sometimes people demand a lot of things from me but when i do the same, they don't seem to give a rat's behind. I mean, let's not dwell on it too much now.

one of my pet peeves are when people smile at me when i'm feeling down. don't you know how i feel? then again, it's like why get mad? these idiots don't know you're mad. they think you're having just as much fun as they are. Why bother with them if they're going to be inconsiderate?

[Leed]

I can't stand it when I'm feeling "off" for people to tell me to "Have a nice day." I want to punch them in the mouth!

Plus, I'm a bit OCD, so if I listed all my "Pet Peeves" I'd take up Two Pages to list them. LOL But the biggest one is for ANYONE to get into my "stuff." For instance, my daughter (who has now moved) used to get into my makeup all the time -- that drove me nuts! I'd have to hide everything! She had plenty of her own, so I didn't get it.

Ahhh life.

[yellowfrog268]

I can't stand it when I'm upset and someone has the audacity to tell me that I should be in better control of my emotions. Grrrrrrrr

[eggsinfinitum]

Good topic!

I really hate it when people leave stuff, gross stuff, at work for the next person when they should have cleaned it up it themselves.

I also hate when I'm trying my best to be polite and nice to people (and smile at them!) when I'm feeling exhausted, or worried about hubby, and they are rude to me.

And when they tell me how worried they are about something that seems so trivial to me, when I'm every day dealing with what I'm dealing with- but everything is relative, I guess. It seems so ridiculous to get upset over renewing a magazine subscription, like I do, until you know that my hubby has a brain tumor, so he only renews a year at a time.

And, yes, I do react strongly to things sometimes when I'm upset about other things- I think that's normal.

[NWgirl2013]

These bother me...Probing Questions. One way conversations where I am being pumped for information, but get none in return.

Leed! Yes! People using my stuff without asking. Or SNOOPING. I do not have a secret life, or even a very interesting one. But I do like my privacy! Buttheads!

And eggs ~ where I used to work there was a sign: "your mother does not work here. clean up after yourself" (nice flowers! btw )