34/M. I have spent the majority of my life being in a reactive state. I'm quick to anger, get stressed out easily, worry a lot, and do everything a highly stressed person does all the time. Not following traffic rules pisses me off. It's turning into me being verbally angry at people who turn without using their blinkers.
Similarly, the notification sound of email is enough to make me stressed. When I have to work, the mere thought of working overwhelms me.
I thought for a while if it was the deep-ray-shun (Spelled it that way to escape any blind post filters) that amplified these qualities, but I realized it's the other way around. Because I've ALWAYS been quick to react.
Whatever assumptions you may make about me about me reacting adversely in tense situations may have some truth to them.
My question is, with so much reactivity-fueled behavior, how can I start building mental and emotional resilience and toughness? It's not fair to go through life being so highly strung all the time.