Temper ! Temper ! (mildly spamable)

Gruntboy · Post by **Gruntboy** » Thu May 16, 2002 2:56 am

I have one hell of a temper when I am finally roused - though my fuse seems a lot shorter since last september

. And as you can see from the photos, I am a skinny git.

Kayless · Post by **Kayless** » Thu May 16, 2002 4:04 am

Originally posted by KidD01
Is there any connection with a person diet, over-weight problem and the temperament ?

I thought fat people were supposed to be jolly.

Ode to a Grasshopper · Thu May 16, 2002 5:29 am

Originally posted by Kayless

I thought fat people were supposed to be jolly.

No, that's Santa Claus, who is in reality responsible for some of the worst evil acts perpetrated against mankind-Christmas movies

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C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Thu May 16, 2002 9:19 am

Originally posted by HighLordDave
On the other hand I am a "cool" personality. I am not excitable, either in terms of enthusiasm or anger, and I am generally pretty level headed. I consider myself to have a "rolling boil" temper as opposed to a "firecracker" because it takes me a while to get hot, but once I get there, it doesn't stop for a long, long time.

I am your opposite here, I am very easily excitable in all respects - I get happy, enthusiastic and deeply engaged in things easily, and I also get angry and irritated easily. This kind of basic, general tendency for how much stimuli is needed to elicit a certain emotional response in a person, is a typical example of a "temperament factor" or "personality trait". Btw, note that when I say those things are largely influenced by our genetic constitution, I mean genetics have an impact on about 50% on basic traits. You may think 50% is not a lot, since it means the other half of our temperament system is governed by learning, but 50% genetic influence is a lot compared to many other things in humans. Only about 1% of human functioning is believed to be genetically predisposed.

If somebody is interested in this stuff, I will be able to update you with the latest research in 2 weeks, because then I'll attend a conference in Behavioural genetics

frogus · Post by **frogus** » Thu May 16, 2002 9:26 am

Originally posted by Mr Sleep
A musical artist by the name of Tricky was at one time an extremely paranoid and angry fellow, until he altered his diet to level him out.

For 'diet', read 'drug intake'.

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Thu May 16, 2002 9:28 am

Originally posted by Stilgar

If you repeat that to youreself often enough, you start believing in it.

Believe it??? I know it. I will not deny my temper is to the extreme. Denying the problem will not fix it. I take full responsiblity for my temper and when the day comes when I take the walk down BANNED land, I will not ask to be reinstated.

KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Thu May 16, 2002 1:53 pm

Originally posted by Weasel
<SNIP>and when the day comes when I take the walk down BANNED land, I will not ask to be reinstated.

And Weasel lives happily ever after with Baassie

A friend told me that a fascination with chilli also could lead into this "short fused" problem.

Kayless · Post by **Kayless** » Fri May 17, 2002 5:24 am

Originally posted by Ode to a Grasshopper
No, that's Santa Claus

Well isn't Santa a fat person? Fat = Jolly. Ho ho ho.