between being irritated and being angry. I am constantly irritated. Constantly. You don’t even know. True facts. But do I get angry? I’d say rarely. Irritation has to do with impatience. I’m a very impatient person, one might say, and consequently, I’m very irritated.

I looked up irritated, and impatience is listed right there, with anger OR displeasure. So, then I looked up anger, and saw that “a strong feeling of displeasure and usually of antagonism”.

What brings this on? Well, I worry about how I look to people when I have outbursts, and I worry about how I feel esp. during traffic. Oh man, do I get irritated. I worry that people would peg me as a very angry person…and that troubled me, because I’m not really that mad whenever there are outbursts. I’m IRRITATED for sure, but that irritation certainly lacks that element of antagonism. I mean, driving, I don’t drive up right behind someone who cuts me off and make threatening hand gestures, I just get annoyed.

Long story short, it’s a fine line between irritation and anger, but I’m pretty sure I’m not angry…just irritated.

What brought this on? Constant irritation with one of the tech companies at work. I thought that maybe I shouldn’t be so angry, and then I realized I’m not really angry, just irritated.

Now, you should all be able to sleep better that you realize I’m not angry. Honestly.