What do you always try to avoid?

[Bretrick]

Where possible I will always avoid confrontation.
Not that I steer away from controversial topics, but if the discussion turns nasty then I ignore those comments. One should be able to talk about controversial subjects without malice.

 

[officerripley]

Conversations about anything to do with the supernatural.

 

[Murrmurr]

I try to avoid getting angry. I have a temper but I'm pretty good at keeping it under control; started working on it when I was around 25-30 years old. But lately it's gotten tougher. Maybe it built up over all these years, or maybe I'm just tired of avoiding getting angry, idk, but lately I feel like I could freaking explode at the tiniest annoyance.

 

[hollydolly]

I try to avoid getting angry. I have a temper but I'm pretty good at keeping it under control; started working on it when I was around 25-30 years old. But lately it's gotten tougher. Maybe it built up over all these years, or maybe I'm just tired of avoiding getting angry, idk, but lately I feel like I could freaking explode at the tiniest annoyance.

bet that's the stress you're feeling over the little one....

 

[Murrmurr]

bet that's the stress you're feeling over the little one....

A big part of it.

 

[hollydolly]

Rough talking females... I hate being in a group of women and one or more will start talking in a loud dirty mouthed way....I do everything to avoid women like that

 

[Gaer]

People with loud brash voices.
People with a streak of cruelty.
People who "badger" you.
People who "whine" and beg for pity.
Ignorance in action.

 

[Murrmurr]

People with loud brash voices.
People with a streak of cruelty.
People who "badger" you.
People who "whine" and beg for pity.
Ignorance in action.

You just described Paxton's mother. Checked every box, right down the line, top to bottom.

 

[oldpeculier]

High crime areas
Large cities

 

[Murrmurr]

bet that's the stress you're feeling over the little one....

Just to clarify (cuz it was bugging me), it's not stress I'm feeling over the LO, it's anger. I get stressed when he doesn't eat. That's not what's going on here, this is about why he's completely not the same person he was a year ago, and the kind of person he's going to be 10 years from now because CPS, the court, and his mother have no idea what they're doing - no idea - and they just keep destroying his mental health and screwing up his life.

 

[Lewkat]

Noisy places and people. Noise has always stressed me out. I am talking about it big time, not just hum drum stuff. I lived in the city and those jack hammers drove me up a wall. Also, in the Air Force, when I was on flying status, the planes line up and revving their engines all at once and I was trying to talk to my corpsman. Some fun that was.

 

[Gaer]

I'm trying to say this as nicely as I can because this is very unpopular!
I like men to be MEN and women to be WOMEN. I steer away when they are not.

 

[Shero]

I defintely avoid gossips.
I avoid people who claim to be spiritual and yet have bad thoughts about the Creator's handiwork.
I avoid religious zealots (no offence to anyone who is one).
I avoid people who agree with their "friend" even though the friend is wrong.

 

[RadishRose]

Crowds

 

[Don M.]

Rush hour, when we go to the city. I had enough of that when I was working.

 

[dseag2]

I try to avoid any noisy place. Maybe it is because of tinnitus or a loss of hearing over the years, but loud talking and high-pitched laughter always make their way into my ears. I also try to avoid crowds.

 

[dseag2]

I try to avoid getting angry. I have a temper but I'm pretty good at keeping it under control; started working on it when I was around 25-30 years old. But lately it's gotten tougher. Maybe it built up over all these years, or maybe I'm just tired of avoiding getting angry, idk, but lately I feel like I could freaking explode at the tiniest annoyance.

I have a pretty peaceful life at the moment, unlike what you are going through, but I still ordered this from Amazon. I AM going through settling my mother's estate, and the apathy and incompetence from the organizations I'm dealing with haven't made it easy.

The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Anger: A Step-by-Step Program for Success​

Road rage is more my issue, but I recently watched a great video on Youtube that made me feel much more calm when someone does something stupid or cuts me off in traffic.

I do wish you all the best with Paxton. I know how much he means to you.

 

[Irwin]

I try to avoid people... unless I'm out people watching. They can be fascinating creatures. So I guess I avoid interacting with people more than I avoid being around them.

 

[Capt Lightning]

Housework.

 

[win231]

I try to avoid avoidance.

 

[chic]

Traps. I try to avoid traps and there are so many more of them these days it keeps me on my toes.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I try to avoid looking too closely at what others have and how they choose to live.

“Comparison is the thief of joy,” - attributed to Theodore Roosevelt

 

[Fyrefox]

People who don’t believe that traffic laws apply to themselves personally, and that driver courtesy is a sign of contemptible weakness…

 

[bingo]

long...intellectual conversation..

 

[Mizmo]

I try to avoid looking in the mirror coz I really do not recognize this old lady looking back at me