Timeline for How to get over anger at inconsiderate drivers
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| Jan 13, 2016 at 18:50 | comment | added | ChrisW | @WillVousden Yes. I guess people have a range of reactions: getting over it (letting it go), on the one hand; having PTSD, at the other extreme; and maybe holding a grudge or something, somewhere in between these two. | |
| Jan 13, 2016 at 14:15 | comment | added | Will Vousden | This is all well and good when you're not in any real danger, but what happens when someone puts your life at risk? In that case, it's not so much about quelling anger as about recovering from shock. That's a very different problem. | |
| Nov 7, 2014 at 16:49 | comment | added | Technophile | This will take repeated practice, so persist. It takes time and effort to change habits and make a new habit or reaction automatic. Once you have changed your habit then the new behavior will be easy. | |
| Nov 6, 2014 at 6:57 | comment | added | Torben Gundtofte-Bruun | Thank you, I see the difference now. Didn't notice the very slight difference in wording before. | |
| Nov 5, 2014 at 23:28 | comment | added | ChrisW | @TorbenGundtofte-Bruun They are similar: they're complementary. The same is true for the two halves of 5. All the verses in that first chapter of the Dhammapada are like that: that chapter is called "Pairs" or the "Twin Verses". | |
| Nov 5, 2014 at 20:04 | comment | added | Hao Ye | @TorbenGundtofte-Bruun - Not really. One is A -> ~B, and the other is ~B -> A. | |
| Nov 5, 2014 at 19:03 | comment | added | Torben Gundtofte-Bruun | Your points 3 and 4 are the same? | |
| Nov 4, 2014 at 23:37 | comment | added | andy256 | Yes, getting angry at drivers does not help us. And they are not helped by their own behavior toward cyclists. We can be fairly sure that since they try to bully one group of people who are in a more vulnerable position (on a bicycle), they also bully others at other times. Thinking about it in the terms you have described suggests that the "smile and wave" approach can actually help them. Thanks for the insight. | |
| Nov 4, 2014 at 22:50 | history | answered | ChrisW | CC BY-SA 3.0 |