Are you angry? Do you know your “irritability quotient”?
In psychology, there is an ‘Irritability Quotient’ (IQ for short). This refers to the amount of anger and annoyance you absorb and hide in your daily life. If your number is particularly high, this can be very detrimental to you because you will overreact to setbacks and disappointments, and you will use resentment to discredit your handling of the situation, making your life a joyless battleground. .
This test comes from the Nowak Anger Scale in ‘Out of Despair: Psychiatrists Teach You to Get Rid of Depression’. It is a non-diagnostic scale and is provided for everyone to self-examine their emotional status.
When you describe how you would react to the following provocation, even though many potentially important details are left out (like what kind of day it was, who was involved in the situation, etc.), you have to do Come up with the most appropriate estimate.
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