3. Women of reddit, what about men baffles you the most?

Women of reddit, what about men baffles you the most?

give each other space until we can talk it through

How do you do that? Do you actually say "would you give me some space until I feel calmer"? If I feel annoyed, I try going for a walk to calm down or going to my room to listen to music..just something to de-stress. I'm open to tips/advice because it sounds like you have really good communication skills. I've been working really hard on my communication skills but I'm not naturally a good communicator so I need all the tips I can get to be honest.

whether about the emotions themselves

I find it so hard to talk about my emotions because I assume that the other person thinks that I'm weak for having emotions. I was always criticized growing up and that just made me overly defensive so I assume that people will do the same thing to me now..that they'll just use my sensitivity against me.

we either talk it through calmly

How long does it take you to talk it through calmly? I try to time myself and talk about an issue for 15-20 minutes and change the subject no matter how pissed off I am because I realize that going on about it too much is counterproductive and seems aggressive to the other person. But I keep wondering whether I'm doing it right, whether I'm handling situations well.

I think another issue is that I feel that people are trying to make me angry-that they try to push my buttons by saying something mean and it takes all my energy not to react it but I still feel very resentful and frustrated and deep down, I'd love to lose my temper but I know that it'd just end up with me being labelled "hysterical" or "overemotional" and that's the kiss of death for a woman really. I want to be seen as calm and mature so I am motivated by my image. I'm being really honest here but I still have the feelings of anger..I just don't act it out. I don't lose my temper but I still have a lot of pent-up frustration and that's hard because I still don't trust other people. I still think that people are out to get me, that they don't want me, that they think I'm a burden, that they think I'm weak etc.

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