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Adult Tantrums & How To Deal With Them
Disclaimer: All the words written below are the writer’s personal thoughts, researched, and experience-based curations. They’re solely aimed towards personal/self-awareness & growth.
Being in the early 20s, as much I dread adulting, there are some things I am happy I don’t do that the people of my age group usually do. I don’t drink alcohol (just once-twice a year to be honest), I don’t smoke, I am not a party person so, I don’t go to parties, I don’t date.
Basically, I am content in my adulthood. Yet. I know it’s not going to get easier so I am just preparing for it by keeping my mental health in check. That’s the need of the hour. Yet, I am difficult on some days, because frankly, young adults are usually grown up teenagers right?
I have seen adults around me with some unbearable & intolerable issues. I thought, ‘why don’t I behave like that or what if I do and I don’t know?’ So, I decided to dig deep into adult behavioral facts and I came across Adult Tantrums!! I was shaken yet intrigued because I finally had the answer to everything!
Adult Tantrums, as mentioned in psychology today:
Temper Tantrums, in general, are disruptive behaviours or emotional outbursts that involve physical acts or screaming. Many children never develop good coping skills — the tantrums continue into adulthood. Road rage, for example, is an adult temper tantrum.
Now that I know the term, I feel it’s my responsibility to share the information as much as possible because it directly strikes to our mental health.
Adult Tantrum is a real thing and there are several reasons for it. The first one is — Being stupid. NO, I AM KIDDING. Let’s talk about WHAT ARE THOSE ADULT TANTRUMS!
The list is the kind of tantrums adults throw on a daily basis. These may include:
- Using a high pitch or a loud tone of voice while talking. (Yes, it’s kind of a tantrum. Normally people talk in a medium to low tone/pitch).
- Flinching, eyes rolling, frowning or no expression face. (I didn’t think about it this way before, but these are actual tantrums! Especially in a group…
