When was the last time you completely lost your self control, and what triggered it? What did you do?

Oh shit, it was about two years ago. I had rented a place in Homer, Alaska that had been a converted garage. NO soundproofing.

A family lived above me and they would ( the children) STOMP all over that floor directly above me. And they would ( ALL of them) SLAM the fuck out of the front door.

I asked them not to do this. I was a night time cab driver and I needed my sleep in the daytime so that I could be well rested for my next nightime schedule.

They didn't give a fuck. Just living in their bubble and not understanding that their behavior was having a SERIOUS impact on my life. I mean, I was getting JOLTED out of sleep frequently by that goddamn front door, and the stomping on the floor.

I tried to be cool. I mentioned the problem several times. I mean, I really tried to be cool.

...and then one day, someone slammed that fucking door one time too many and jolted me out of my very, very thin sleep. Sleep deprivation, and I fucking went OFF.

I mean, I WENT OFF.

In my Lifetime, I have only lost my senses about three times. This time ??? I was in a RAGE. A very serious and dangerous RAGE. I was sleep deprive and I HAD tried to be reasonable.

I snapped. I was dangerous as hell and they finally got it. The Husband finally got it. I was going to kick ANYONE'S ASS that tried to take me on.

But goddamnit, ya know ? I had tried and tried and tried some more to convey that I worked ALL night and I NEEDED to get SOME sort of sleep during the day.

It just wasn't a good mix. Night time cab driver, shitty apartment with NO soundproofing, and a family upstairs with rambunctious kids.

In the long run, no one's fault really, but yeah, that sleep deprivation is a wicked motherfucker and when they finally made me snap, they recognized that I had been pushed a point beyond reasonable dialogue then.

I was dangerous and they saw it.

I'm actually ashamed of that incident, but fuck, I kept trying, and trying, and trying to explain that I NEEDED my sleep.

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