So...how long does it take?
When someone contradicts you, or finds an exception to something you've just said - how long does it take before you get angry, annoyed, or just a touch irritated?
It's not a bad thing, I think it's a natural reaction, like sneezing, a kind of social friction. Anger in reaction to disagreement sometimes falls under something you have no control over. From here, however, things can go deep south.
What I have noticed is this equation: disagree + get mad = stop listening --> bad things happen
However, if you can remove the anger from the equation, you might be able to just...have a normal conversation. When I've heard disagreements between sane people, they disagree, and then they linger for one or two more arguments...and then they just drop it. That's all. I am shocked.
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