Irritation

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I tried reading all of this thread, I really did. But I still ended up zoning out for part of it.

I don't know about hitting a kid. There are other things you cna do to hurt them. Take away TV, take away internet, take away money. Hell, if I had a kid and he started disrespecting me, you think he's getting any food from me? They will learn respect.

I have a brother whose 13-14 years younger than me. He's 15 now, but he's very well behaved and has never ever spoken back to me. I taught him at a young age who was boss and as a kid, he'd actually listen to me more than he did to our parents. I never raised a hand to the kid or hurt him in anyway. But he knew that it's better to be on my good side than my bad side.

I agree with Andromeda that drugs/alcohol is the easy way out and is a sign of weakness. That means you weren't mentally tough enough to deal with problems on your own.

I also agree with Rav that you do end up putting up a wall and keep people out. Look at me. You think there's anyway anyone's hurting my feelings? There are very few people in this world who can make me sad or depressed by any of their actions. Hell, I've never even cried over the death of any family member. Although granted it was stuff like uncles and grandparents and not immediate family members.

Actually, I had a friend of mine who died when I was a sophomore in college because his car flipped going around this curve and one of car pillars caved his head in. Rather than being depressed about it, I went out a little while later on at night to see if I could make it around the same curve at the same speed he was doing.

Although, I should tell you that I am not capable of epmathy/sympathy for others. A friend of mine didn't believe me, so she made me take this test and sure enough, I passed with flying colors. I might feel sorry for little kids, but that's about it. Anything that happens to any grown up . . . you'll get no reaction from me.